NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday began their pre-season preparations with a week-long coaching camp for home gamers in Mumbai.
The primary camp for the defending champions commences from March 12 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
KKR start their IPL 2025 marketing campaign in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens on March 22 and are but to call their captain for the upcoming season.
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Former captain Shreyas Iyer, who guided the workforce to victory in 2024, was earlier launched and can now lead Punjab Kings.
The workforce is contemplating skilled Ajinkya Rahane, who was purchased for Rs 1.5 crore, and Venkatesh Iyer as potential captains.
Venkatesh was re-acquired by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore, making him the third costliest participant on the IPL public sale.
The Mumbai coaching camp for KKR runs from February 21-28 with 9 home gamers.
The gamers embrace Venkatesh, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, and promising expertise Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
New additions Mayank Markande and Luvnith Sisodia have additionally joined the coaching camp.
“The gamers who are usually not at present concerned in home cricket can be found and have joined us for this quick pre-season camp. It is a regular routine for us each season,” head coach Chandrakant Pandit mentioned in a launch.
“We may also have a camp in Kolkata from March 12 onwards, the place we can have the worldwide gamers accessible put up the ICC Champions Trophy. Our actual preparation will begin when the entire squad assembles, however this camp will assist us get right into a rhythm.
“We’ve our core group intact which supplies us confidence, and I’m certain that with the gamers we’ve got introduced in (on the Public sale), our mixtures shall be very sturdy like final season,” Pandit added.
Spin bowling coach Carl Crowe added: “We have a lot of nets, a lot of match simulation deliberate for the following few days. So, it is a chance for many of the group to get again collectively.
“It is good to see plenty of recognized guys right here, but in addition just a few new faces. It is essential to maintain the squad contemporary.
“Clearly, we had a really profitable yr final yr, however you bought to maintain occupied with methods to get ahead. Everybody is admittedly excited for the entire event.”
The teaching workers additionally consists of bowling coach Bharat Arun, Power and Conditioning Coach Sagar V, and Head Physio Prasanth Panchada.
