IPL 2023: PBKS Bowling Coach: Former India selector from South Zone, Sunil Joshi will join Punjab Kings coaching staff for IPL 2023. He has been appointed as the spin bowling coach for Trevor Bayliss-led coaching team. As Punjab Kings go through another overhaul, he will fulfill the role of Anil Kumble, who parted ways, ahead of the IPL Auction. Former Indi spinner Joshi was recently ousted from the BCCI Selection Committee. Follow Indian Premier League LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Joshi was more recently a member of the India senior men’s selection committee, where he was initially the chairman in March 2020, before Chetan Sharma replaced him in the five-member panel. He was on the committee till a new panel was appointed by the BCCI in January 2023.
IPL 2023: Punjab Kings appoint ex-selector Sunil Joshi as spin bowling coach, to join Trevor Bayliss’ coaching staff, Follow LIVE Updates
We are excited to announce that former Indian left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi has been appointed as Punjab Kings Spin Bowling Coach. 🤩#SherSquad, let’s give him a warm welcome! 🙏🏽#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #SunilJoshi @SunilJoshi_Spin pic.twitter.com/MN459TEuK5
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) January 16, 2023
Joshi represented India in 15 Tests and 69 ODIs from 1996 to 2001, picking 41 and 69 wickets respectively. He also represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as a player in the 2008 and 2009 seasons of the IPL.
As a coach, Joshi has coached Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, and Assam senior men’s teams in the Ranji Trophy. He had also previously worked as the spin-bowling coach of Oman, Bangladesh and the United States of America men’s teams too.
IPL 2023: Punjab Kings appoint ex-selector Sunil Joshi as spin bowling coach, to join Trevor Bayliss’ coaching staff, Follow LIVE Updates
Earlier, in November 2022, Punjab roped in former India opener Wasim Jaffer as their batting coach and ex-South Africa fast-bowler Charl Langeveldt as the bowling coach. They also brought in former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin as the assistant coach.
In September 2022, they appointed England’s 2019 ODI World Cup winning coach Trevor Bayliss as their head coach, after former India head coach Anil Kumble’s contract was not renewed.
Punjab also made veteran left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan the captain of the team for IPL 2023 after releasing their 2022 season skipper Mayank Agarwal, who was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad in Player Auction at Kochi in December last year.
Punjab, the IPL 2014 runners-up, finished sixth on the points table in the ten-team IPL 2022 and missed out on the playoffs despite having an ultra-attacking batting line-up.
PBKS Full Squad IPL 2023: Retained players: Shikhar Dhawan (C) (8.25 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 9 Crore), Jonny Bairstow (Rs 6.75 Crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 60 Lakh), Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Rs 50 Lakh), Jitesh Sharma (Rs 20 Lakh), Raj Bawa (Rs 2 Crore), Rishi Dhawan (Rs 55 Lakh), Liam Livingstone (Rs 11.50 Crore), Atharva Taide (Rs 20 Lakh), Arshdeep Singh (Rs 4 Crore), Baltej Singh (Rs 20 Lakh), Nathan Ellis (Rs 75 Lakh), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 9.25 Crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 5.25 Crore), Harpreet Brar (Rs 3.8 Crore)
IPL 2023: Punjab Kings appoint ex-selector Sunil Joshi as spin bowling coach, to join Trevor Bayliss’ coaching staff, Follow LIVE Updates
