Contrary to reports which floated around last week about Sourav Ganguly being named captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for Season Three of the Indian Premier League, KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan stressed that no decision has been made with regards to the new captain and coach of the team
Contrary to reports which floated around last week about Sourav Ganguly being named captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for Season Three of the Indian Premier League, KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan stressed that no decision has been made with regards to the new captain and coach of the team.
"We will be meeting on August 4 and that's when all decisions on coach, captaincy and hopefully a formula for winning at least some of the matches next year would be worked out," Shah Rukh added.
"Nothing has been decided, neither the coach nor the other things I read about in papers. The whole team would be meeting for the first time post IPL on August 4 and it's a series of meetings till August 15."
It was reported that New Zealander John Wright, who enjoyed a good deal of success with the Indian team when Ganguly was in charge, could be John Buchanan's successor at KKR.
Poor yearKKR failed to reach the semi-finals in the inaugural edition of the IPL.
Earlier this year, in the second edition, they fared worse under skipper Kiwi Brendon McCullum, who lit up the 2008 edition with a sizzling hundred in the opening match. Ganguly led the side then when KKR had the services of stars like Shoaib Akhtar and Ricky Ponting.
Buchanan was a flop as coach and quite expectedly ended his term. He later helped the England team.
