5 successful T20 franchise coaches who had middling careers

You need to a good player to play the game of cricket at the top level. However, to be a coach at the top level, being a great player isn't a requisite. The last decade has seen the emergence of numerous T20 Leagues and the attributes the coaches bring into the table is of paramount importance.

Irrespective of what country is hosting its franchise-based league, the objective every season is always locked at "Go for the title". And that is why at the outset of every new season of the franchise-owned leagues, we witness a number of tweaks and transfigurations.

Coaching is an art and not all cricketers possess it and some of the game's middling players have garnered tremendous success as coaches than as players. Well, let us take a look at 5 moderate cricketers who have achieved remarkable success with their T20 franchises:

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5.Sanjay Bangar - Kings XI Punjab

Bangar has attained immense success as a coach.

Sanjay Bangar is a well-establish Indian cricketer at the domestic levels. But he represented India in only a handful of matches as his lackluster performances limited his chances in the International arena.

Bangar started his coaching career with the now-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the IPL but his best moment of franchise coaching career came in 2014. He was appointed as the assistant coach of KXIP at the beginning of the season but was later promoted to the apex seat.

In his very first season with KXIP, he led them to their inaugural final. Although they lost in the final, they contested strongly in that fixture against KKR. Eventually, Bangar caught the eye of the national selectors and was called up to coach the senior side.

4.Tom Moody - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Moody has turned SRH into a very consistent IPL side

Tom Moody has been at the helm of the Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL team since its inception in 2012. He has achieved a lot of success in his coaching career than in his International cricket career.

In Moody's ODI career, he averaged only 23 and doesn't have a single hundred to his name. However with five years of association with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Moody has led them to three times into the playoffs. But IPL 2016 goes down as his best with SRH as they romped to their maiden IPL title after finishing third in the group stages.

Currently, he is still in charge of SRH for the 11th edition of IPL and also coaches Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. Riders won their first BPL title in 2017, hence making Moody one of the most successful T20 franchise coaches.

3.Paul Nixon - Jamaica Tallawahs

Nixon has two CPL triumphs with his spell at Tallawahs.

The English wicketkeeper-batsman Paul Nixon has had a vast first-class career but on the international platform, he has played only 19 ODI for England.

Nixon retired from the domestic circuit during the 2011 English season and the enthusiastic stumper took up his coaching assignment with Jamaica Tallawahs in the premier edition of the Carribean Premier League tournament in 2013.

In the first season, Tallawahs finished second in the league table but comprehensively defeated Guyana Warriors in the final to clinch the title. However, Tallawahs won again in the 2016 edition of CPL after defeating Warriors again in the final in an utterly one-sided affair. In addition to this, he led Tallahwahs to the play-off spots in the fifth year of the CPL event.

2.Trevor Bayliss - Kolkata Knight Riders and Sydney Sixers

In three years, Bayliss won 2 IPL titles with KKR which is an enormous feat.

Trevor Bayliss is currently employed as the head coach of the England cricket team but has never played International cricket in his career. However, in coaching domestic T20 teams, he has accomplished a tremendous amount of success.

Bayliss led Sydney Sixers to the inaugural Big Bash trophy in 2012 and also won the Champions League T20 title with them in the same season. Besides, Sixers even ended up as runners-up in the 2015 season of the BBL.

The success with Sixers in the 2012 season caught the eyes of the Kolkata Knight Riders management and in his three-year spell at Eden Gardens, he won two IPL titles with KKR making him one the best coach in the T20 business.

1.Robin Singh - Mumbai Indians

8 - The total number of titles won by Robin Singh as a coach.

Unlike others on this list, Robin Singh has played over 100 ODI for India but boasts just about 2000 runs to his name with an average of 25.96. But when you talk about his coaching career he is one of the best T20 franchise coaches the world has seen.

His first spell was with the now-defunct Deccan Chargers outfit as a fielding coach and he enjoyed the IPL victory in 2009. Since joining Mumbai Indians in 2010, Singh has now been part of three IPL triumphs and two Champions League victories till date.

Away from the IPL, Singh has won the Sri Lanka Premier League with Uva Next outfit and also led Barbados Tridents to their maiden title in the Carribean Premier League in 2014.