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IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore appoint Sanjay Bangar as batting consultant

IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore appoint Sanjay Bangar as batting consultant. The former India batsman and batting coach will join Simon Katich and S Sriram in the coaching team.

Sanjay Bangar appointed RCB batting consultant

Bengaluru, February 10; Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday (February 10) announced the appointment of Sanjay Bangar as the new batting consultant ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021).

Bangar comes with a vast experience of having coached the national team and also IPL teams in the past. Bangar will join an illustrious coaching staff that already has Sridharan Sriram as batting and spin bowling coach, and Simon Katich as head coach.

"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 an official release.

Talking about Bangar's role in the team Hesson said that the 48-year-old Bangar will join the squad in its pre-season camps. "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," he said.

Earlier, RCB had announced that they have decided to retain 12 members of their IPL 2020 squad and the likes of Aaron Finch and Moeen Ali were dropped from the squd.

Virat Kohli, Ab de Villiers, and Yuzvendra Chahal will be seen for RCB this season. While, key performers of last season like Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj have also been retained. Australia limited-overs skipper Finch and England all-rounder Moeen Ali along with South Africa's Chris Morris have been shown the door.

RCB had made it to the playoffs of the IPL season but the side had to face a loss in the Eliminator against SunRisers Hyderabad. The Virat Kohli-led side has not been able to win the IPL title even once, but the side has made it to the finals thrice.

Story first published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 15:26 [IST]
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