5 successful T20 franchise coaches who had middling careers

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.