Kamlesh Jain In Line To Be The Head Physio Of India Cricket Team

Kamlesh Jain of Kolkata Knight Riders is in line to be the head physio of the Indian group. Assuming discussions succeed, which Cricbuzz comprehends they have, the Chennai-based Jain, who has been with the Kolkata franchise starting around 2012, will supplant Nitin Patel, in the position.

Patel took over as the head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru recently.

Kamlesh Jain Impresses Everyone At BCCI And The Indian Team

A proper reaction from the Team India head coach Rahul Dravid and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is anticipated however Jain is accepted to have intrigued all concerned in the Indian team and BCCI, including NCA head VVS Laxman, other than Dravid and Shah. He was as of late evaluated by all and is perceived to have an oral affirmation.

Jain couldn’t be contacted for a remark yet KKR sources have affirmed the turn of events.

Once settled, he is supposed to assume responsibility following the continuous IPL, with the home series against South Africa liable to be his first international task. Yogesh Parmar, who has been with the Indian group alongside Nitin Patel, may likewise stay with the side as the Indian group will have numerous tasks in various nations all the while.

Kamlesh Jain Head Physio Of KKR Since 2020

Jain, in his mid-30s, was an aide physio at Kolkata Knight Riders under Andrew Leipus for quite a long time prior to assuming control over the head physio job in the last three seasons, beginning around 2020.

“We are very happy for him. He is thoroughly deserving of the position,” said a KKR official, who likewise invested wholeheartedly that the franchise’s head coach, Brendon McCullum, has proactively been employed as the red ball coach of the England national team.

There is likewise a theory that a former assistant coach of the franchise (in the initial three years under John Buchanan), Matthew Mott, is in the competition to be the white ball coach of the England side.

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