New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Bangar has been appointed as a batting consultant by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday (February 10).
Bangar will join the coaching staff which already has Sridharan Sriram as batting and spin bowling coach, and Simon Katich as head coach. Bangar served as batting coach of the Indian men’s senior team for five years from 2014 to 2019 World Cup before being replaced by Vikram Rathour.
“We are delighted to welcome Sanjay Bangar to the RCB Family as a batting consultant for #IPL2021! Welcome aboard, Coach!” the RCB said in a tweet.
We are delighted to welcome Sanjay Bangar to the RCB Family as a batting consultant for #IPL2021! 🤩
Welcome aboard, Coach! 🤜🏻🤛🏻#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #NowARoyalChallenger pic.twitter.com/SWKLthSyXl
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 10, 2021
“Delighted to add a coach of Sanjay Bangar’s experience to our existing coaching team led by head coach Simon Katich,” RCB’s Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson said in a statement on Bangar’s appointment.
“Sanjay Bangar’s role as batting consultant will include working with our existing squad in camps in Bengaluru leading up to our full squad pre-IPL camp. We are very fortunate at RCB to now have Sanjay join Sriram and Simon as batting coaches who can offer superb knowledge and experience to our playing squad throughout the IPL,” Hesson added.
RCB had finished at the fourth spot in the points table in the 2020 IPL edition where they faced defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator. The 14th edition of the IPL will be held in India in the second week of April.
