Former Netherlands skipper Ryan Ten Doeschate will be back at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as the team's fielding coach, the Indian Premier League (IPL) side announced on Tuesday.
The 42-year-old was part of KKR's title-winning campaign in 2012 and 2014. He will succeed James Foster who has now been promoted to the team's assistant coach.
Both will work under head coach Chandrakant Pandit.
"We are delighted that James Foster has taken on more responsibility in his new role as the assistant coach and he will be a great resource for the head coach, Chandu Pandit, along with Abhishek Nayar (assistant coach), Bharat Arun (bowling coach) and Omkar Salvi assistant bowling coach," Venky Mysore, the CEO of Knight Riders, said in a press release.
"In addition, we are very happy to welcome Tendo back to the KKR family in his role as fielding coach. Tendo played an important role as a player from 2011-14 and in the two championships, KKR won in 2012 and 2014 and has been a genuine supporter of KKR all these years. These two appointments strengthen the support staff under the leadership of Head Coach Chandu Pandit."
Ten Doeschate is the most successful cricketer from a non-associate nation in the history of the IPL. He has played 29 matches, all for Knight Riders between 2011 and 2015.
In his long T20I career Ten Doeschate has played 382 T20s, in which he scored 7597 runs, took 114 wickets and held 134 catches.
Following his retirement from professional cricket, after the 2021 T20 World Cup, he was Kent's batting coach.
