Ten Doeschate, the former Netherlands captain, was part of the India set-up ever since head coach Gautam Gambhir replaced Rahul Dravid following the team’s 2024 T20 World Cup triumph. Handpicked by Gambhir, he was a key part of the India think-tank and dabbled in coaching roles across both batting and fielding departments.
At KKR, Ten Doeschate will once again link up with Abhishek Nayar. The pair had been assistant coaches together briefly in the India set-up too, and before that had worked at KKR as assistant coaches.
Ten Doeschate has a long connection to KKR. As player, he won two IPL titles (2012 and 2014) at KKR and returned to the franchise as fielding coach in 2022. He was part of the coaching set-up until 2024 – a period which included one title under Gambhir as mentor and Chandrakant Pandit as head coach – before quitting the role once Gambhir moved to the national team.
During Ten Doeschate’s time as assistant coach, India won the 2025 Asia Cup and defended the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, although the transitioning Test team struggled massively in Tests, losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy away in Australia and were blanked at home by New Zealand (0-3) and South Africa (0-2).
