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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IPL 2025 Trophy Winner RCB Prediction: The names of four teams reaching the playoffs of IPL 2025 are Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Of these, 2 teams are such that they have never won the Indian Premier League title. Bangalore and Punjab will face the first qualifier (PBKS vs RCB Qualifier 1), on the other hand, the eliminator will face Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Now Australian veteran Shane Watson has predicted the winner of IPL 2025.

Shane Watson has shared a video on social media, in which he predicted that this time the RCB trophy is going to win. He said, “Who will be the winner of IPL 2025? I have been thinking about it for a long time, I will be RCB champion in my eyes. For me, Man of the Match will be Virat Kohli.”

RCB will become the champion, the reason

Shane Watson said that this time he is predicting to become the champion of RCB. Some matches have been difficult for Bengaluru in the second half of the season, but Watson says that the return of Josh Hazlewood in the playoffs has strengthened the possibility of RCB becoming the champion this year.

Virat will become the final ‘player of the match’

Shane Watson predicted that Virat Kohli will become a player of the match in the final match. In IPL 2025, Virat Kohli has scored 602 runs in 13 matches played at an incredible average of 60.20. Virat has also spent the most fifty (8) this season. Let us know that this is the third consecutive season, when Virat has scored more than 600 runs in the IPL.

Bengaluru can play final after 9 years

Royal Challengers Bangalore last played the final match of IPL in 2016. After that RCB has reached the playoffs several times, but could not taste the final play. Now after 9 years, under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, RCB can not only play the final of IPL for the fourth time but can do the trophy for the first time.

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