Ashish Nehra as head coach and Gary Kirsten as mentor for the Ahmadabad franchise

The duo of Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten is set to reunite as CVC Capital, the owner of the Ahmadabad franchise has chosen these two legends as the head coach and mentor of the team respectively. They have previously worked together when the Indian team won the World Series in 2011 and then again for the Bangalore franchise. Thus, it is going to be a treat for their fans. To add to that, according to a few reports, Victor Solanki will be appointed as the director of cricket for the franchise.

When the Lucknow franchise had already made certain decisions, there was no news from the other new franchise. Sanjeev Goenka appointed Indian legend Gautam Gambhir as the mentor of the team while Andy Flower will be the head coach of the team and Vijay Dahiya will be serving as the assistant coach. Their social media pages are also promoting the new team and the official announcement regarding the team name and the players they will be having in their team is just around the corner. In contrast to that, CVC Capital was in a bit of trouble after the Indian board found out that the foreign company is also associated with betting. Since, the board has zero tolerance against betting, their participation was up in the air.

Everything is sorted right now and the team is gearing up for the upcoming season. According to initial reports, the team might buy David Warner, Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya before the mega auction. Since there is no clarification or an official statement, things can’t be said with absolute certainty. However, with the mega auction coming soon, we can get more and more details about these two new franchises and we will get to know the players they are looking for and their plan for the upcoming season.