Gautam Gambhir, the skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders unlikely will be taking the field in the Champions League Qualifiers for the team owned by Shah Rukh Khan. Gautam has not completely recovered from the injury and in regard Kallis will be taking the skipper’s role. Gambhir has suffered a mild concussion while attempting to take a catch during the 4th Test against England at the Oval and has missed out the entire ongoing one-day series against England.
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| Injury rules Gambhir out of CL T20 qualifiers |
On the other hand, the qualifiers will start on 19th of September and will be shut down on 21st, featuring 6 teams. Apart from KKR, Auckland Aces, Leicestershire, Ruhuna Rhinos, Somerset and Trinidad and Tobago joins the qualifying phase with 3 teams going through to the main event.
However, Dav Whatmore, the coach of the KKR is confident on the team that they will keep their full efforts to go forward in absence of Gautam. He added that Kallis was terrific and came up with some good ideas in leading the team forward. Apart from this speaking about the form of India, he said that the fans love the game but unfortunately Team India could not do well in the Test series in England and confident they will surely hit back.
Yusuf Pathan also feels that a good performance in the Champions League T20 could have chances to make a comeback into the Indian Team. Yusuf said that Irfan is also striving hard to do well and also hopes that they would play together soon.
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