IPL 2019

Sridharan Sriram replaces Venkatesh Prasad at Kings XI Punjab

by Gaurav Gupta • Last updated on

KXIP were exceptional in the first half of IPL 2018, but fell away in the second © BCCI

Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad has followed Virender Sehwag out the door at Kings XI Punjab. Prasad was the team's bowling coach for one season. He will be replaced by ex-India cricketer Sridharan Sriram, who was the assistant coach at the Delhi Daredevils, and the spin bowling coach of Australia.

Kings XI had recently replaced Brad Hodge with Mike Hesson as their head coach. Hesson was the coach of New Zealand.

The Mohali-based team has also roped in Prasanna Agoram, the Technical Strategy Analyst at Cricket South Africa (CSA), as their high-performance coach. Agoram is supposed to have played a huge role in South Africa's transition to becoming one of the toughest teams to beat in international cricket.

The likes of Smith, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn have all credited the Indian as the brain behind the Proteas' successful run.

Led by India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, KXIP had a brilliant start to the tournament this year as they registered five wins in their first seven matches. However, they faltered and lost six out of the next seven to crash out of the tournament from the league stage.

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