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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today returned as the Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper for next year's Indian Premier League, replacing New Zealand's Brendon McCullum.
The controversy-ridden IPL outfit, which finished at the bottom of the table this year, also named Dav Whatmore as its new coach with Delhi Ranji coach Vijay Dahiya as his deputy.
Pakistani pace legend Wasim Akram was appointed the mentor of the side.
"Andrew Leipus and Adrian le Roux have been appointed physiotherapist and team trainer respectively," the team management said in a statement.
"The KKR management held several meetings over the past few weeks to discuss and plan the way forward for the franchise and the team.
Re: Ganguly back as KKR captain, Whatmore to coach
Nice move.
Dada was a better captain. And now that he has no motive to get into ODI squad, he will play for the team unlike last time, where it was more playing for himself (2 years back)