Jacques Kallis can become the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders

 Former South African star all-rounder Jacques Kallis may become the new mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). 48-year-old Jacques Kallis will replace current Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir was the mentor of KKR last season, but he broke ties with the franchise after becoming the head coach of the Indian team.

Jacques Kallis Batting Career

Format	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	166	280	13289	224	55.37	28903	45.98	45	2	58	1488	97
ODI	328	314	11579	139	44.36	15885	72.89	17	0	86	911	137
T20I	25	23	666	73	35.05	558	119.35	0	0	5	56	20
IPL	98	96	2427	89	28.55	2222	109.23	0	0	17	255	44

Jacques Kallis Bowling Career

Format	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	166	272	20232	9535	292	6/54	9/92	2.83	32.65	69.29	5	0
ODI	328	283	10750	8680	273	5/30	5/30	4.84	31.79	39.38	2	0
T20I	25	19	276	333	12	4/15	4/15	7.24	27.75	23.0	0	0
IPL	98	89	1742	2293	65	3/13	3/13	7.9	35.28	26.8	0	0

Jacques Kallis Head Coach

Jacques Kallis has been a part of KKR's coaching staff before. In 2015, he was the team's head coach and batting consultant. However, he left the franchise after this season. This season, KKR's team could not qualify for the playoffs. The team was in an impressive position with 15 points in 14 matches.

Jacques Kallis became two-time IPL champion with KKR

Before becoming the head coach, Kallis played 4 seasons as a player for KKR. He was a part of the team from 2011 to 2014. During this time, he also played an important role in making KKR champions in 2012 and 2014. Kallis scored 409 runs in 17 matches in the 2012 season and 151 runs in 8 matches in the 2014 season.

Almost the entire support staff of the KKR team will change before the next season of IPL, as team mentor Gautam Gambhir, batting coach Abhishek Nair and fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate have now joined the Indian team. Only head coach Chandrakant Pandit and bowling coach Bharat Arun are part of the team's support staff on a permanent basis.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, KKR won the IPL trophy for the third time last season. The team registered a one-sided victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final match by 8 wickets with 57 balls remaining. Earlier, KKR won the IPL title in 2012 and 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir.