KXIP have charted three-year plan under Kumble, Gayle should start from first game in IPL 2021, says co-owner Ness Wadia
Frequently changing captains and coaches have hurt Kings XI Punjab in the past and that is why the franchise has decided to work on a three-year plan under Anil Kumble and KL Rahul to take the side forward, co-owner Ness Wadia has said. It was a roller-coaster ride for KXIP this IPL. They lost six out of their first seven games before winning five in a row to storm back into play-off contention. The Rahul-led side needed to win its last league game against Chennai Super Kings to reach the top-four but they couldn’t. Looking back at the recently-concluded season, Wadia said the umpiring error to call a short-run when it wasn’t, cost the team a playoff berth though it did not show the required consistency in the first year under captain and coach combine of Rahul and Kumble. “It is a new captain, new team with a lot of fresh faces, sometimes it clicks and sometimes it doesn’t. The auction is coming up soon and we would be looking to plug the gaps in the middle-order and our bowling...