I let captaincy affect my batting

Brendon McCullum need not tell us that. But unfortunately no mention in this interview about John Buchanan, the genius whose ideas almost doomed the Kolkata Knight Riders. Why come with up some multiple captains theory when you could have been frank and just stated you didn't want Sourav Ganguly as captain?

I let captaincy affect my batting

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Things we'll miss from the last two IPLs

John Buchanan
And his laptop. And Matthew Mott, his sidekick. We need some people to reinforce the time-proven fact that cricket is a complicated game that mortals like captains cannot understand. Like he does with his movies, Shah Rukh Khan has attempted to dumb down an intellectual, even nerdy, game by sacking Buck. Shah Rukh, be a man.

Paul Collingwood and Glenn McGrath
Oh, sorry, even their team didn't want them last year. Nonetheless, they were inspirational, reassuring figures on the bench, er, in the dugout. Pidge particularly for matches when Delhi Daredevils played sides with more than one Englishman in them. He could always make a prediction or three.

So long Shoaib, goodbye Colly

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