KKR appoint former West Indies cricketer Ottis Gibson as assistant coach for IPL 2025
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata Knight Riders announced Ottis Gibson as their assistant coach ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League.
A former fast bowler from Barbados himself, with over 650 first-class wickets to his name, Ottis represented West Indies in both Tests and ODIs from 1995-1999 before embarking on his journey as a coach.
He comes with extensive experience, having had two stints as bowling coach of the England Cricket Team - from 2007-10 and again from 2015-17.
He served as head coach of the West Indies from 2010-14.
During his tenure, the team won its first ICC World T20 title, in 2012 in Sri Lanka.
He went on to become head coach of the South African team from 2017-2019, and has since held several coaching positions across the T20 franchise circuit.
Ottis joins a strong support staff unit at KKR, comprising mentor Dwayne Bravo, head coach Chandrakant Pandit, bowling coach Bharat Arun, spin-bowling coach Carl Crowe and others.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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