Ottis Gibson (left) with Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Dwayne Bravo. Photo: Special Arrangement Ottis Gibson (left) with Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Dwayne Bravo. Photo: Special Arrangement

Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday (March 8, 2025) named Ottis Gibson as their assistant coach ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League season. (More Cricket News)

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A former fast bowler from Barbados with over 650 first-class wickets to his name, Gibson represented West Indies in both Tests and ODIs from 1995-1999 before embarking on his journey as a coach. He has had two stints as bowling coach of the England cricket team, from 2007-10 and again from 2015-17.

He also served as the head coach of the West Indies from 2010-14. During his tenure, the team won its first ICC World T20 title, in 2012 in Sri Lanka. Gibson went on to become head coach of the South African team from 2017-2019, and has since held several coaching positions across the T20 franchise circuit.

Ottis joins a strong support staff unit at KKR, comprising mentor Dwayne Bravo, head coach Chandrakant Pandit, bowling coach Bharat Arun, spin-bowling coach Carl Crowe and others.

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