Before the IPL 2026 auction, Kolkata Knight Riders have made another major change in their coaching staff. Just a few days ago, Abhishek Nair has become the new head coach of KKR, while now Shane Watson has joined the Kolkata team as an assistant coach. Watson has previously been the assistant coach of Delhi Capitals team and will be returning to IPL after 3 years. Watson’s IPL career as a player was 145 matches.

Shane Watson expressed his happiness on becoming the assistant coach and said, “I am looking forward to working with the coaching staff and players, so that Kolkata can win another title.” As a player, Shane Watson played 145 matches in his IPL career, in which he scored 3874 runs with the help of 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries. He also took a total of 92 wickets while bowling medium pace.

Shane Watson had announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in the year 2020. He was last seen playing in the Indian Premier League in 2020. After retirement, he worked with many franchises and has established a good reputation as a coach.

Shane Watson retired in 2020

Watson, who retired in 2020, was one of the greatest all-rounder players in the history of white ball cricket. He scored 5757 runs in his 190-match ODI career. He has 3731 runs in his name in 59 Test matches and has scored 1462 runs in 58 T20 matches. Watson also scored 14 centuries and 67 half-centuries in his international career. Watson is also one of the few Australian players who has scored at least one century in all three formats. Apart from this, he took 291 wickets in bowling.

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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.

Dwayne Bravo, KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders, who won the title by defeating big teams last season last season, is doing very poorly in IPL 2025. The team has lost 5 matches so far this season. Even the team could not achieve the target of 112 runs against Punjab. After the defeat against Gujarat, KKR’s Mentor Dwayne Bravo told why the team is losing.

Bravo said in a conversation with the media after the match against Gujarat, “IPL is a tough tournament. When you do not start well, you know that the batsmen go to a period where their confidence goes down. The same thing is happening at this time, so as I said, we will just have to support them. We will have to perform well. Hopefully they will perform well. Hopefully, they are not able to do well.

Bravo described the secret of KKR’s poor performance in one line itself. He said, “Good form brings confidence, and honestly, we do not have that confidence at this time.” Let us know that KKR has played 8 matches so far this season. During this time, the team has got only three wins. To keep the playoff hopes alive, KKR will have to win the upcoming matches, yet the team has 6 matches left.

Many types of reports about the pitch also came out, “It was even said that KKR is not getting the desired pitch at his home. However, Bravo did not hold the pitch responsible. He said,” There is nothing wrong in the wicket. I have not come to talk about the wicket here. I think I do not play on the same wicket. We did not play good cricket. “

IPL 2025: In the first match of the double header on Tuesday in the IPL, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 runs. In the second match, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 18 runs. So far 22 matches have been played in the IPL, after which the Champions of 5-5 times in the points table, Mumbai and Chennai are in bad shape. Although the CSK bowler has captured the purple cap, the race for the Orange Cap has become even more exciting.

In the first match on Tuesday, Lucknow Super Giants scored 238 runs while batting first. Aden Markram (47), Mitchell Marsh (81) and Nicholas Puran (87) played explosive innings. In response, Kolkata also did a good fight but remained 5 runs away from the target.

In the second match, Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. Once again, a score of more than 200 was scored on this ground, Punjab scored 219 runs with the help of Priyansh Arya’s century. In response, Chennai Super Kings could score 201 runs and Punjab won the match by 18 runs.

IPL 2025 Points Table: Mark Table after 22 matches

After this victory, Rishabh Pant captained Lucknow has got 6 points, this was the team’s third win in 5 matches. The team is at 5th position with a net run rate of +0.078. This was Kolkata’s third defeat in 5 matches, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, is at number six with a -0.056 net run rate.

This was the fourth defeat of 5 -time champion Chennai Super Kings in 5 matches, it is at number 9 in the points table with a net run rate of -0.889. 5 -time champions Mumbai Indians are also in bad shape, he has also lost 4 matches in 5 and is 8th in the table. Punjab Kings have won 3 out of 4 matches under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, it is at number four in the list.

IPL 2025 Top 4 Teams: Top 4 Teams

After 22 matches, the top four in the points table are Delhi Capitals (1st), Gujarat Titans (2nd), Royal Challengers Bangalore (3RD) and Punjab Kings (4th). Of these, only Gujarat Titans are, which has won the IPL Trophy.

IPL 2025 Orange Cap: Orange Cap near Nicholas Puran

Nicholas Puran, who played 87 runs in 36 balls against KKR, has an orange cap, he has scored 288 runs in 5 innings.

IPL 2025 Purple Cap: Purple Cap near Noor Ahmed

Noor Ahmed has the most wickets in IPL 2025 so far, he has taken 11 wickets in 5 matches. He has a purple cap, Khalil Ahmed has 10 wickets at number two.

Kkr vs lsg pitch report: The first match of double header in the Indian Premier League will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. As captain Ajinkya Rahane (KKR) and Rishabh Pant (LSG) will be face to face. Let us know how the pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium is going to be and how is the IPL record here. Along with this, information about the head to head record between the two teams has also been given here.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won 2 and 2 in 4 matches played in the season. The same situation is also with Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow has won the last 2 matches after losing the first 2 matches. He is at number six in the points table while KKR is at 5th place.

KKR vs LSG Head to Head Records: Record of face to face

Kolkata Knight Riders have 5 matches with Lucknow Super Giants playing in IPL since 2022. In these, Lucknow has won 3 while Kolkata has won 3 matches. Lucknow’s highest score in front of KKR is 210. Kolkata’s highest score in front of Lucknow is 235 runs.

Eden Gardens IPL Records: IPL records on Eden Gardens

• Total match- 95
• The team batting first won- 39
• The first bowling team won- 56
• The toss winning team won- 50
• The toss lost team won- 45
• The biggest total on Eden Gardens- 262 (Pbks made against KKR)
• The biggest personal score- 112* (Rajat Patidar made against LSG for RCB)

KKR vs LSG Pitch Report: How will Eden Gardens Pitch

The pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium will be helpful for the batsmen, but here the bowlers can get a good bonus. Spinners will get more help, can see turn. The outfield will remain fast, the powerplay may have a lot of runs. If the team that batted first made a score of less than 200, it will be very easy to chase the target. If this match is being played in the afternoon, then the dew will not be a factor, but still the decision to bowl first after winning the toss will be right. The team that batting first should score up to 210, which will not be very difficult to make here.