Chandrakant Pandit Was appointed the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022, replacing Brendon McCullum. Chandrakat Pandit’s tenure in domestic cricket was excellent. Under his leadership, first Mumbai (2016-17), then Vidarbha (2018-19, 2019-20) and then Madhya Pradesh (2021-22) won the Ranji Trophy title. Now KKR wants to win the third IPL title under his guidance.

However, last season the two-time champions failed to qualify for the playoffs and finished seventh in the points table. Meanwhile, former team player David Vij made a big revelation about Chandrakant Pandit. He said that Pandit liked to work in a certain way, which the players did not like.

There were some things which the players were not happy with – David Vij

david vij Said on a podcast hosted by Sam Kerr, there were some things going on behind the scenes at the team. Some things were happening which the players were not happy with. A new coach had come in and he liked to do things a certain way. The players did not like this.

He told that the players in the changing form were disappointed with some of the decisions of Pandit. As a foreign player, he sometimes doesn’t settle in properly. He is a militant like coach, who is strict and disciplined. Foreign players who have played all over the world do not need anyone to come and tell them how to behave, what to wear and what to do. I was cool with it, but there were players even more stubborn than me.

In the 17th season of IPL, KKR got a thrilling win against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4 runs. Andre Russell gave a brilliant all-round performance, for which he was also named Player of the Match.