Gautam Gambhir has parted ways with Kolkata Knight Riders. Actually, GG has now become the new head coach of the Indian team, due to which he has had to leave the post of KKR mentor. In such a situation, now the Knight Riders are looking for Gautam Gambhir's replacement, for which some names have also started coming out.

This veteran will become Gautam Gambhir's replacement

According to media reports, Kolkata Knight Riders have started looking for a new mentor ahead of the next IPL season (IPL 2025) and now their eyes are set on South African great all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

Let us tell you that Jacques Kallis played an important role as a player in making Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders champion twice in the year 2012 and 2014. Not only this, Jacques Kallis also took over the post of batting consultant of the team in the year 2015 and from the year 2016 to the year 2019 he was also the head coach of KKR. This is the reason why his name is now being considered as a mentor. Also know that according to the news, apart from Jacques Kallis, KKR is also considering the name of Rahul Dravid.

Kallis has made a splash in international cricket

It is worth noting that Jacques Kallis is counted among the world's greatest all-rounders. He played 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 T20 matches for South Africa. During this period, Kallis scored 13289 Test runs and took 292 Test wickets. In ODI cricket, Kallis has 11579 runs and 273 wickets. In T20 cricket, Kallis has scored 666 runs and taken 12 wickets.