4 franchises that will have a new Head Coach in IPL 2023
Before every season of IPL, we witness at least a couple of changes in management. In line with this, there are a few changes before IPL 2023. On that note, in this article, we take a look at four franchises that will have a new Head Coach in IPL 2023.
There are various reasons for a franchise to change its Head Coach. While performance on the field is the main reason, promoting to a different role or the coach's personal reasons could also be factors for the team to make a decision.
1) Kolkata Knight Riders - Chandrakant Pandit
KKR is one of the franchises that will have a new Head Coach in IPL 2023. Brendon McCullum was the Head Coach of KKR. However, the Kiwi became the Head Coach of the England Test Team. Hence, the role was vacant. KKR moved quickly to name serial trophy winner in domestic cricket, Chandrakant Pandit, as the Head Coach. Chandrakant Pandit is an experienced name and is known to turn an underdog team into a winning squad. He has done it several times before. Venky Mysore and co. will hope for a similar outcome with KKR.
2) Sunrisers Hyderabad - Brian Lara
Tom Moody has found success in IPL as a Head Coach. In fact, he won the trophy in 2016. However, after the poor show in IPL 2021, SRH did not decide to renew the Aussie's contract. Brian Lara, who was a part of the backroom staff, has now been elevated to the role of Head Coach. The West Indian legend has interesting ideas and will hope to turn the fortunes of SRH around.
3) Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings is also one of the franchises that will have a new Head Coach in IPL 2023. The management decided to part ways with Anil Kumble after a series of unconvincing results. This decision was always on the cards. It is interesting who will get to coach the franchise from the next season. Trevor Bayliss and Eoin Morgan are the names that are in the rumour column.
4) Mumbai Indians
Mahela Jayawardene has been promoted with the Mumbai Indians management and hence, he will step down as the Head Coach. The franchise had anyways not reached the playoffs in the last two years. While the Sri Lankan will be involved in selecting his replacement, there are a lot of options for MI to consider. A big name like Justin Langer could also be on the franchise's mind.