{"id":12203,"date":"2024-03-28T13:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/andre-russell-reacts-after-ex-player-terms-kkr-head-coach-chandrakant-pandit-militant-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:38:02","slug":"andre-russell-reacts-after-ex-player-terms-kkr-head-coach-chandrakant-pandit-militant-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/andre-russell-reacts-after-ex-player-terms-kkr-head-coach-chandrakant-pandit-militant-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Russell reacts after ex-player terms KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit &#8216;militant&#8217; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108855021,imgsize-47822.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Andre Russell reacts after ex-player terms KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit &#8216;militant&#8217; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Andre Russell reacts after ex-player terms KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit &#8216;militant&#8217; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <!-- -->Andre Russell<!-- -->, the seasoned all-rounder, lent his support to <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/a>&#8216; head coach <!-- -->Chandrakant Pandit<!-- --> amidst criticism of his coaching approach.<br \/>Former KKR all-rounder <!-- -->David Wiese<!-- --> had labelled Pandit&#8217;s coaching style as &#8220;militant,&#8221; suggesting that it led to frustration among several foreign players in the team during the previous IPL season.Contrary to Wiese&#8217;s remarks, Jamaican stalwart Russell, a key figure in KKR&#8217;s squad, offered a different perspective.<br \/>\u201cWe&#8217;ve been working with him from last year. I think when you&#8217;re working with a coach for the first time, you have to make sure that you adjust to their philosophy. There have to be rules. We are professionals. So, we don&#8217;t complain,\u201d said Russell during the pre-match press meet in Bengaluru.<br \/>\u201cI try to do the best for this franchise. He&#8217;s been doing an amazing job, and we&#8217;ve gotten coming back as well,\u201d he added.<br \/><span class=\"strong \">Also Read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/how-to-watch-ipl-cricket-live-streaming-online\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">How to watch IPL 2024 live in USA, Canada and MENA region<\/a><br \/>Pandit, renowned for his disciplinarian approach, assumed the role of KKR coach before IPL 2022 following <!-- -->Brendon McCullum<!-- -->&#8216;s departure, who accepted the head coach position for England.<br \/>\u201cHe (Pandit) is known in India as a very militant type of coach. He is very strict, very disciplinarian that type of stuff.<br \/>\u201cSometimes in franchise cricket, when you have overseas guys, who&#8217;ve played all over the world, they don&#8217;t need anyone coming and telling them how they need to behave, what they need to wear and what they need to do the whole time.<br \/>&#8220;So, that was tough,\u201d said Wiese on the podcast \u2018Hitman for Hire: A year in the life of a franchise cricketer&#8217; recently.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">(With PTI inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/vsp1jarvispvt.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Andre Russell, the seasoned all-rounder, lent his support to Kolkata Knight Riders&#8216; 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