Cricket, Indian Premier League: Royal Challengers Bangalore announce Andy Flower as new head coach

The Royal Challengers Bangalore announced Andy Flower as the team’s new head coach on Thursday. This comes after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in four years in the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League.

A Zimbabwean national, Flower takes over from Mike Hesson and Sanjay Bangar, who were the team’s cricket director and head coach respectively until last season.

The franchise also confirmed the decision not to renew Hesson and Bangar’s contract.

A vastly experienced coach in international and franchise cricket, Flower has won titles at the Pakistan Super League, The Hundred, ILT20, and the T10 league.

He has also won the Ashes – both at home and away – as the coach of the England cricket team and also holds the distinction of being the first Zimbabwean to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

One of the finest batters in the sport, Flower had a successful cricketing career with a batting average of 51.54 and 12 hundreds from 63 Test matches to his name.

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