Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders have taken a big decision before IPL 2026. KKR announced the separation from the team’s head coach Chandrakant Pandit on Tuesday. Please tell that Chandrakant Pandit was associated with the team before IPL 2023. Under his leadership, Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2026 title. However, KKR’s performance in IPL 2025 was not good and now the ways of franchisees and coaches are separated.

KKR wrote on social media ‘X’, “Chandrakant Pandit has decided to find new opportunities. He will not be the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. We are grateful for his invaluable contribution, including making KKR a strong and combative team with making KKR an IPL champion in 2024. Their leadership and disciplines have left a lot of wishes on the team. Are.”

We wish you the best for your future endeavors, chandu sir

PS: Once a Knight, Always a Knight. Kolkata will Always be your home pic.twitter.com/gf0lxx5fiz

– kolkataknightriders (@kkriders) July 29, 2025

Please tell that Chandrakant Pandit is a big name in Indian domestic cricket. He has groomed the career of many cricketers. Also, by becoming the coach of Madhya Pradesh, the team has been given a different direction and success. In view of his work in domestic cricket, KKR made him the head coach of the team.

Pandit, one of the names honored in Indian domestic cricket, was appointed head coach by KKR before IPL 2023. In the first year of his tenure, the team finished seventh in the points table without regular captain Shreyas Iyer. Iyer stayed away from the game in this session due to injury. The following year, Iyer returned to the team and Gautam Gambhir joined the team as Mentor. Under the guidance of Pandit, KKR not only won the title, but also achieved the highest number of points in his IPL history and the best net run rate.