Twitter Reactions: Twitter reacts as Simon Katich and Mike Hesson join RCB

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League is about nine months away but the franchises have already begun preparations for the same. In July, Mumbai Indians, champions of IPL 2019, traded Mayank Markande for Sherfane Rutherford with Delhi Capitals, while Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders appointed Trevor Bayliss and Brendon McCullum as their head coaches.

Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are yet to win an IPL, have made a couple of staff changes of their own. Gary Kirsten, India's former World Cup-winning coach, has been sacked after one season. KKR's ex-coach Simon Katich has replaced Kirsten as the new head coach now. Mike Hesson, who was in the race to become Indian coach, is appointed as Director of Cricket Operations. Ashish Nehra who was associated with RCB as bowling coach is also shown the door.

The chairman of RCB Sanjeev Churiwala said,

"RCB's purpose is to be the most trusted, respected and best performing T20 Franchise and hence our constant endeavour is to create a culture of excellence and high performance for every member of the team. To deliver this ambition we are very happy to announce the appointment of Mike Hesson and Simon Katich. We believe that Mike's extensive experience in building strong teams along with Simon's powerful cricket experience will help us create a winning culture."

He further added,

"As a result of this restructuring exercise, we will be moving to a single coach model. Consequently, we would like to thank Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra for their contribution over the past two seasons. They leave us with a legacy of having given several young players the confidence to show their ability on the highest stage. Everyone at Royal Challengers Bangalore wishes them all the best in the future."

It should be noted that RCB had not qualified for the playoffs since 2017 with two wooden spoons in the last two seasons. The coaching staff, along with the captain Kohli, have been under the scanner because of regular failures.

RCB fans will hope for a turnaround in the next IPL edition with Katich and Hesson part their staff.

Here's a selection of tweets on the development.

IPL 2020: @CoachHesson named @RCBTweets's Director of Cricket. Simon Katich head coach. Franchise parts ways with Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra.
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) August 23, 2019

We are happy to announce Simon Katich as the new Head Coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Simon will be in charge of inculcating a high-performance culture within the team. #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/L833g72fyP
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) August 23, 2019

Welcoming Mike Hesson as the Director of Cricket Operations for RCB.

Mike will be responsible for overall cricket operations. He will work closely with the players and the coaching team, while being a part of the RCB Management team.#PlayBold pic.twitter.com/b3uplIq1w1
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) August 23, 2019

Thanks guys 👍🏻 https://t.co/cJOu7nFZKd
— Mike Hesson (@CoachHesson) August 23, 2019

If constantly changing support staff hasn’t changed the fortunes of the team, it’s time to admit that, perhaps, the problem lies elsewhere. #RCB #Nehra #Vettori #Kirsten
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 23, 2019

Mike Hesson wanted to go to India or Bangladesh. Ends up at RCB. 😂 https://t.co/Cxcd26AcZG
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) August 23, 2019

Thankyou Gary and Nehra for your services.
Simon Katich will be the head coach and Mike Hesson will be the director of cricket for Royal Challengers Banglore.

Welcome bois, let’s make @RCBTweets great again ❤️🙏🏻
— Prajakta Bhawsar (@18prajakta) August 23, 2019

Mike Hesson is using RCB as a maama to get close to Virat & then get in as BCCI coach.
— arfan. (@Im__Arfan) August 23, 2019

https://t.co/cppuw7FOxX pic.twitter.com/rdzi1zBYUD
— Tabrez (@its_tabrez__) August 23, 2019

Remember the last time when Gary Kirsten was appointed the coach and RCB fans cried tears of joy that they were finally going to ee sala cup namde that year because they had a WC-winning coach? We all know what happened. 😂
— Manya (@CSKian716) August 23, 2019

RCB removed Ashish Nehra after one season.

Looks like RCB is more serious than Indian cricket team to win.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) August 23, 2019

Interesting, Hesson applied for India coach but lost to Ravi Shastri and he is back with Kohli in Ipl as director of cricket.
— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) August 23, 2019

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