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    IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders appoint Ottis Gibson as Assistant coach
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    IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders Appoint Ottis Gibson As Assistant Coach

    By IANS News March 08, 2025 • 20:38 PM View: 776
    Kolkata Knight Riders: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders have announced former West Indies fast bowler Ottis Gibson will join the team as an assistant coach ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League season.

    A former fast bowler from Barbados himself, with over 650 first-class wickets to his name, Ottis represented West Indies in both Tests and ODIs from 1995-1999 before embarking on his journey as a coach. He comes with extensive experience, having had two stints as bowling coach of the England Cricket Team - from 2007-10 and again from 2015-17.

    He served as head coach of the West Indies from 2010-14. During his tenure, the team won its first ICC World T20 title, in 2012 in Sri Lanka. He went on to become Head coach of the South African team from 2017-2019, and has since held several coaching positions across the T20 franchise circuit.

    TAGS Kolkata Knight Riders Ottis Gibson West Indies Indian Premier League England Cricket Team ICC World T20 Sri Lanka South African Shreyas Iyer Punjab Kings Ajinkya Rahane Venkatesh Iyer Gautam Gambhir Dwayne Bravo Chandrakant Pandit
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