The IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore have appointed Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten as coaches ahead of the new season in 2018. Kirsten signed the contract last week and this will be his second stint with an IPL team after he had coached the Delhi Daredevils in 2015.

Kirsten will also be joined by recently-retired Nehra, who was also the part of the Indian team coached by Kirsten.

Talking about the same, Daniel Vettori, Head Coach, Royal Challengers Bangalore, said, “I am excited to welcome Gary and Ashish to the coaching team for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both of them bring a wealth of experience in cricket, which the team can learn from immensely. We look forward to an amazing season.”

The mega IPL auction is slated for January 27 and 28 but before that, the coaching setup will also have to decide on the players retention, the final list for which has to be submitted by January 4. RCB are likely to retain skipper Virat Kohli but it will be interesting to see the other names which the franchise might keep.