Cricketers who played the IPL as a player and then a coach

#6 Jacques Kallis

Kallis is the current coach of Kolkata Knight Riders

Played for – Royal Challengers Bangalore (2008-2010), Kolkata Knight Riders (2011-2014)

Coached – Kolkata Knight Riders (2015-present)

One of the best all-rounders to have played the game, Jacques Kallis formed an intrinsic part of the South African national team.

With enormous experience under his belt, Kallis was snapped up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping sum of USD$900,000 but could not cause a lasting impact, scoring just 199 runs and picking up four wickets from eleven games. The next two seasons saw an improved performance by the burly South African, particularly in 2010 when he emerged as the tournament’s second highest run-scorer with 572 runs from 16 matches at an average of 47.76 coupled with 13 wickets in the season.

Surprisingly, the next year, he was released by RCB and was picked by KKR for USD$1.1 million. In 2011 and 2012, Kallis crossed the 400-run mark and picked wickets at regular intervals and was an integral part of KKR’s maiden title victory in 2012, forging important partnerships with Gautam Gambhir at the top of the order.

Ahead of the 2014 season, Kallis was sent back into the pool of players after a rather disappointing 2013 season but was bought back by KKR the same year for a sum of USD$916,000. However, he could not find form and was dropped.

The following year, Kallis was given an opportunity to essay the role of the team’s mentor-cum-batting consultant and was part of the backroom staff which included Trevor Bayliss, Wasim Akram and Vijay Dahiya. Subsequently, in 2016, Kallis was given the head coach role and will play the same role this year.