IPL 2021: Sanjay Bangar Appointed As RCB Batting Consultant, Big News Before IPL Auction 2021
Royal Challengers Bangalore announced that the veteran Sanjay Bangar will be their batting consultant for the 2021 IPL season. Virat Kohli’s side would be looking to win the title for the first time this year.
The start-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore team has welcomed a new patron in their ranks. On Wednesday, the franchise announced the former India all-rounder, Sanjay Bangar will be their batting consultant this season. Bangar has an experience of working with the Indian team as an assistant coach from 2014-2019.
RCB announced the news from their official Twitter account, they wrote: “We are delighted to welcome Sanjay Bangar to the RCB Family as a batting consultant for #IPL2021! Star-struck. Welcome aboard, Coach!”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are delighted to welcome Sanjay Bangar to the RCB Family as a batting consultant for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2021?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IPL2021</a>! 🤩<br><br>Welcome aboard, Coach! 🤜🏻🤛🏻<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlayBold?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#PlayBold</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreChallengers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#WeAreChallengers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NowARoyalChallenger?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#NowARoyalChallenger</a> <a href="https://t.co/SWKLthSyXl" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/SWKLthSyXl</a></p>— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/RCBTweets/status/1359384155553820672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Bangar is not a new person to the IPL. He has been a batting coach of Kochi Tuskers in 2010 and then was the assistant coach of Kings XI Punjab in the year 2014 and later on became the head coach of Punjab in the very next year. That year was the best year for the Punjab franchise as they reached their first final of IPL. Bangar then went on to coach the KXIP side for three years. He had to quit that job in 2017 as he was also India’s assistant coach during that period and BCCI’s ‘conflict of interest’ rules were going against him.
He was appointed India’s coach after a terrible batting performance in 2014 in England. He went on to do the job till 2019 until he was sacked after the 2019 World Cup defeat. He also took the responsibility of India’s head coach in the absence of Anil Kumble in 2016.
RCB are hoping to turn their fortunes after not being victorious for years.
Players retained by RCB: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Kane Richardson, Joshua Phillipe, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Md. Siraj, , Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa.
Released Players: Chris Morris, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Mann, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Umesh Yadav, Aaron Finch.
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