{"id":22375,"date":"2013-09-03T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/kirsten-new-head-coach-of-delhi-daredevils\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:02:57","slug":"kirsten-new-head-coach-of-delhi-daredevils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kirsten-new-head-coach-of-delhi-daredevils\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten new head coach of Delhi Daredevils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=15414\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15414\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15414 \" alt=\"The former India and SA coach will take over the reins of the struggling IPL franchise, the team tweeted on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a8fef_garykirsten0606_630-600x400.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former India and SA coach will take over the reins of the struggling IPL franchise, the team tweeted on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Former South Africa opener and India coach Gary Kirsten has been appointed as the head coach of Delhi Daredevils.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old will work with mentor TA Sekar and fellow South African Eric Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi finished at the bottom of the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten has had tremendous success with Team India, helping the Men in Blue to win the 50-over World Cup in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He since took over as the coach of the South Africa team and in August 2012, coached the team when it beat England 2-0 to take over as the number 1 Test side.<\/p>\n<p>Delhi Daredevils will now look for a boost from his experience and expertise with veteran players like Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene, David Warner and Kevin Pietersen in the side. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NDTV Sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Gary Kirsten news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/gary-kirsten\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/238df_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former India and SA coach will take over the reins of the struggling IPL franchise, the team tweeted on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images Former South Africa opener and India coach Gary Kirsten has been appointed as the head coach of Delhi Daredevils. 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