KKR legend, three coaches join Los Angeles Knight Riders ahead of inaugural MLC season

The Major League Cricket's inaugural season is just a days away. The USA-based franchise tournament will be played across six teams and starts from July 13.

Three IPL franchises have recruited teams in the MLC 2023 season and Kolkata Knight Riders are one of them.

Knight Riders acquired the Los Angeles franchise and LA Knight Riders are set to make the debut in the inaugural MLC season.

As a predictable consequence, many KKR players have been included in the LA Knight Riders roster.

Players like Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine - who all were part of KKR's IPL 2023 squad have been roped in by the LAKR franchise. And now, the Los Angeles franchise has named Sunil Narine captain ahead of the new season.

Sunil Narine named LA Knight Riders Captain

Sunil Narine, the name which is synonymous with Knight Riders, will be leading LAKR in the first season. Narine also plays for Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in the CPL and has captained Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) in the ILT20.

The West Indies spinner has been a part of two IPL-winning teams for KKR, while has lifted CPL titles with TKR as well.

LA Knight Riders name coaching staff for MLC 2023

Along with naming Narine as captain, LA Knight Riders also announced the coaching staff for the inaugural season on Monday (July 10).

Former West Indies player Phil Simmons is named as the head coach, whereas Bharat Arun was named as the bowling coach and Ryan Ten Doeschate as the assistant coach.

Both Arun and Ten Doeschate were part of KKR's coaching staff in the IPL season. Analyst AR Srikkanth was also part of KKR and now will be brainstorming LAKR's approach analytically in the MLC 2023.