{"id":2024,"date":"2025-03-28T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:03:29","slug":"karachi-kings-name-new-head-coach-after-warner-takes-over-as-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2024","title":{"rendered":"Karachi Kings name new head coach after Warner takes over as captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Karachi Kings have appointed former England all-rounder Ravi Bopara as the head coach for the upcoming 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The franchise made the announcement via Instagram on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Bopara&#8217;s appointment follows the resignation of Phil Simons, who stepped down after one season in charge, citing his new commitments with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), which has offered him a two-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Karachi Kings (@karachikingsary)<\/p>\n<p>Bopara, who served as the assistant coach in the previous season, has now been promoted to the top role, with Muhammad Masroor taking up the position of assistant coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings, who were eliminated in the round stages in the last three seasons, have made significant changes to their management structure. This comes after a string of disappointing performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Karachi Kings (@karachikingsary)<\/p>\n<p>In another shake-up earlier this week, the Karachi franchise named former Australian opener David Warner as their new team captain. Warner, one of the most prolific T20 openers, brings a wealth of leadership experience, having captained various top T20 teams, including those in the Big Bash League.<\/p>\n<p>Warner was selected as Karachi\u2019s first pick in the Platinum category during the PSL-10 Players Draft, which took place on January 13, 2025, at Hazoori Bagh in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>The PSL 10 will begin from Friday, April 11, 2025 with defending champions Islamabad United taking on two times champions Lahore Qalandars at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi Kings have appointed former England all-rounder Ravi Bopara as the head coach for the upcoming 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The franchise made the announcement via Instagram on Friday. Bopara&#8217;s appointment follows the resignation of Phil Simons, who stepped down after one season in charge, citing his new commitments with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}