Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower has been appointed as the brand new head coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Flower is ready to exchange Mike Hesson because the Director of Cricket Operations and take over from Sanjay Bangar as head coach, each of whom concluded their tenure with the franchise final month.

In keeping with Cricbuzz, the World Cup-winning coach engaged in talks with numerous IPL groups, together with Rajasthan Royals (RR), earlier than finalizing his signing with Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The Twitter deal with of RCB unveiled the information, with the caption:

“We’re past thrilled to welcome 𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿 and 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 profitable coach 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 because the 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 of RCB Males’s crew. 🤩🙌

Andy’s expertise of teaching IPL & T20 groups world wide, and main his groups to titles on the PSL, ILT20, The Hundred and Abu Dhabi T10 will assist in growing a championship-winning mindset and take RCB’s #PlayBold philosophy ahead. 🤝”

Having beforehand coached the England nationwide crew and acted as a advisor for Australia in Ashes 2023, Flower boasts a wealth of expertise guiding T20 groups globally, together with profitable stints with the St. Lucia Zouks within the Caribbean Premier League, Gulf Giants within the ILT20, and the Multan Sultans within the Pakistan Tremendous League.

Flower was the top coach of the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) since their inception within the 2021 version of the Indian Premier League and led the crew to the playoffs in each of their seasons up to now. Nevertheless, LSG just lately opted for a change within the help employees, appointing ex-Australian head coach Justin Langer to take over his function.