He’ll be joining Chandrakant Pandit, the head coach, in the support staff role.
In the past, Gambhir led KKR to two IPL championships during their fruitful partnership.
Gambhir spent two seasons as the Lucknow Super Giants’ squad mentor before to this.
Gambhir discusses his choice to sign with KKR.
Gambhir remarked, “I am not an emotional person and not many things move me, but this is different,” according to the KKR website.
In addition, he mentioned that he has fire in his heart and a lump in his throat because he will be wearing the purple and gold shirt once more.
As he makes his way back to the city of joy, Gambhir claims to be famished.
Over two seasons, Gambhir led LSG to the postseason.
LSG debuted in the IPL 2022 season alongside the Gujarat Titans. Gambhir was enlisted to serve as LSG’s guide. He collaborated with head coach Andy Flower.
Prior to being eliminated by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator, LSG placed third in the IPL 2022 league stage.
LSG placed third once more in the previous season before falling to Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator.
Important facts regarding LSG’s leadership
Previously, LSG appointed Sridharan Sriram, a former spinner from India, as their assistant coach for the 2024 IPL season.
After Justin Langer was named head coach of the team captained by KL Rahul earlier in the year, Sriram joined him.
Remarkably, following IPL 2023, LSG and head coach Flower split up.
Flower, a former cricket player from Zimbabwe, then became the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Gambhir’s KKR statistics
As a player and captain for KKR, Gambhir was indispensable. At 31.61, he still leads the team in scoring with 3,035 runs. In 2012 and 2014, Gambhir scored 27 fifties and contributed to the team’s IPL victories.
In 108 games as team captain, he won 61 and lost 46 (tie: 1). His victory percentage, according to ESPNcricinfo, was 56.48.