Former Australia batsman, Darren Lehmann has been named as Kings XI Punjab’s new coach ahead of the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013.
Lehmann has replaced his fellow countryman Adam Gilchrist, who was captain-cum-coach of the team in the last season. Gilchrist will continue to be part of the team while Lehmann takes over the mentoring role from him.
Lehmann played for the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 before coaching the 2009 season winners.
Owner: KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited
Coach: Darren Lehmann
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
Final Team Players for IPL 2013:
Total no of Players 25
Indian Players 17
No of Overseas Players 8
1. Adam Gilchrist (c)(wk)
2. Aniket Choudhary
3. Azhar Mahmood
4. Bhargav Bhatt
5. Bipul Sharma
6. David Hussey
7. David Miller
8. Dimitri Mascarenhas
9. Gurkeerat Mann Singh
10. Harmeet Singh Bansal
11. Luke Pomersbach
12. Manan Vohra
13. Mandeep Singh
14. Manpreet Gony
15. Nitin Saini
16. Parvinder Awana
17. Paul Valthaty
18. Piyush Chawla
19. Praveen Kumar
20. R Sathish
21. Ryan Harris
22. Sandeep Sharma
23. Shaun Marsh
24. Siddharth Chitnis
25. Sunny Singh
