Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have roped in ꦇformer England wicketkeeper James Foster as their new fielding coach for the 13th season of the Indian Premier League beginning 🌠next month.
The appointment was confirmed by the franchise in its official♐ Twitter handle on ♚Monday.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT❗
🤝 Welcome aboard, James Foster!! 🏃♂⚡
The former 🏴 keeper has been named 's fielding coach for 🏏
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Foster played seven Tests, 11 ODIs and five T20Is for Englan♈d between 2001 and 2009. He retired from all forms of cricket in 2018 and has worked as a batting coಌnsultant with Glamorgan.
The 39-year-old has also been invo𒆙lved with Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League (BBL), Khulna Titans i💙n the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), England and England Lions.
Foster will take over from former Assam cri🦄cketer Subhadee🗹p Ghosh, who was part of the Knight Riders camp last year. The former English cricketer will now join a revamped KKR coaching staff headed by Brendon McCullum, who replaced Jaques Kallis as head coach.