Jacques Kallis appointed as KKR head coach for IPL 2016 | Vivo IPL 2016

Welcome visitors after having a long time session in ICC World T20 its time to focus on the most entertaining cricket tournament IPL or Vivo IPL 2016.As the dates IPL is coming nearer the curiosity to know some facts about VIVO IPL 2016 is becoming more and more.Everybody is in search of the new  captions and coach of the teams participating in VIVO IPL 2016.If you are also searching for the Head Coach of Kolkata Knight Riders or KKR Team then you are at the right place.Here in this post we will tell you about the newly appointed  Head coach of KKR.

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The Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Jacques Kallis as their head coach ahead of the 2016 IPL season. Kallis succeeds Trevor Bayliss, who was at the helm of the team for four years. Bayliss is currently the England coach.

Kallis has been appointed as batting consultant and mentor for the franchise for the 2015 season.

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Kallis was thankful to the team sponsors for the appointed and feels excited for the new position in the Team and said, "KKR is my family in India and the association since 2011 has been one of the  most enjoyable experiences for me. I look forward to the new challenge and feel honoured to be part of the KKR family" 

On the occasion Venky Mysore, CEO & MD of KKR added thet, "We couldn't be happier that Jacques agreed to take on the role as head coach, making this transition seamless. The respect and regard he commands in the dressing room as well as his fondness for KKR made him our ideal choice."

Here are some Facts about the newly appointed Head Coach of KKR team Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a former South African cricketer and the current coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Kallis is regarded as one of the greatest players of the game and all-rounders.^[3] As of 2013 he was the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket.

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Kallis played 166 Test matches and had a batting average of over 55 runs per innings.From October to December 2007 he scored five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar's 51.

Kallis was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2008 Wisden for his performances in 2007 in addition to being the "ICC Test Player of the Year" and ICC Player of the Year in 2005. He has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game, and along with Wally Hammond and Sir Garry Sobers is one of the few Test all-rounders whose Test batting average is over 50 and exceeds his Test bowling average by 20 or more.