IPL 2025: KKR rope in Ottis Gibson as assistant coach | Cricket Information
NEW DELGI: Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday named West Indian Ottis Gibson as their assistant coach for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, starting March 22.
Gibson, a 55-year-old former Barbadian quick bowler, has a exceptional report of over 650 first-class wickets. He performed worldwide cricket for West Indies in Checks and ODIs from 1995 to 1999 earlier than transitioning to teaching.
Gibson’s teaching credentials embrace two tenures as England’s bowling coach from 2007-10 and 2015-17.
Gibson additionally served as West Indies head coach from 2010-14, main them to victory within the 2012 ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka.
He later took cost as South Africa’s head coach from 2017-19 and has since labored with varied T20 franchise groups worldwide.
At KKR, Gibson joins a distinguished teaching employees that features Dwayne Bravo as mentor, Chandrakant Pandit as head coach, Bharat Arun as bowling coach, and Carl Crowe as spin-bowling coach, amongst others.
