Legends League Cricket 2022: Bhilwara Kings appoint former India team manager Lalchand Rajput as Head Coach

He
has
been
the
coach
for
Zimbabwe
and
Afghanistan
national
teams
in
the
past
and
was
the
coach
of
IPL
franchise
Mumbai
Indians
in
the
inaugural
edition
of
the
tournament
in
2008.
He
was
manager
of
the
2007
World
Cup
winning
team
and
has
held
administrative
positions
in
Mumbai
Cricket
Association.
Bhilwara
Kings
will
be
led
by
former
India
all-rounder
Irfan
Pathan.

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Rajput,
on
his
appointment
as
the
Head
Coach
of
the
team,
said,
“It
is
a
great
opportunity
to
coach
senior
players
and
I
am
thankful
to
the
LNJ
Bhilwara
Group
to
offer
me
this
role.
We
have
overall
six
matches
in
the
league
stage,
we
are
studying
the
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
each
team
and
will
come
up
with
a
winning
strategy.
I
also
hope
that
we
are
able
to
bring
out
the
best
in
the
players,
with
Irfan
Pathan
as
the
team
captain.”

Bhilwara
Kings
are
owned
by
The
LNJ
Bhilwara
Group,
one
of
the
leading
business
conglomerates
with
multi-products
and
services
in
textiles,
graphite
electrodes,
power
generation,
IT-enabled
services,
energy
storage
solutions,
and
skill
development.

Riju
Jhunjhunwala,
Team
Owner,
LNJ
Bhilwara
Kings
said,
“We
welcome
Rajput
as
our
team
Head
coach.
We
expect
the
team
to
bring
laurels
in
the
first
year
under
his
coaching
and
guidance.
His
diverse
experience
within
the
cricketing
circles
and
good
understanding
with
players
will
become
a
great
asset
for
the
team.
We
are
excited
to
be
associated
with
him
for
this
season
of
Legends
League
Cricket.”

“LNJ
Bhilwara
Group
has
always
delivered
value
to
all
its
stakeholders;
being
part
of
sporting
event
of
this
stature
is
new
to
us
but
we
are
confident
to
entertain
cricketing
fans
with
our
team’s
performance
this
year
and
win
their
hearts,”
he
further
added.

The
biggest
names
in
the
cricketing
world
will
be
seen
taking
to
the
field
and
challenging
each
other
as
the
tournament
takes
off
from
September
16.
Legends
League
Cricket
will
feature
four
teams
who
will
be
playing
twice
against
each
other
during
the
12-match
league
stage.

Irfan-led
Bhilwara
Kings
will
be
opening
their
campaign
in
the
tournament
against
Harbhajan
Singh’s
Manipal
Tigers
on
September
18
at
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee
International
Stadium,
Ekana
in
Lucknow.

Bhilwara
Kings
Full
Squad:
Irfan
Pathan
(C),
Yusuf
Pathan,
Monty
Panesar,
Naman
Ojha,
William
Porterfield,
Samit
Patel,
Fidel
Edwards,
Matt
Prior,
Nick
Compton,
S
Sreesanth,
Tim
Bresnan,
Owais
Shah,
Tino
Best,
Sudeep
Tyagi.