The former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer will take over from Yere Goud. R Vinay Kumar has played the majority of his career for his birthplace, and this is a big opportunity for the pace bowler to guide Karnataka to a good domestic season, as they were the finalists in the Ranji Trophy last season.
Vinay Kumar was in charge of Hubli Tigers in the recent tournament, and apart from that, he has been coaching in other franchise leagues across the world. The former pacer was a bowling coach with MI Emirates in the UAE's ILT20. He had also been a TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) scout for Mumbai Indians after retiring from first-class and international cricket in 2021.
Yere Goud's record as domestic coach
Yere Goud has had two separate stints as the head coach of the Karnataka State Cricket Association senior men's team and a role with the national youth setup. He served a four-to-five-year tenure as head coach of the senior men's state side from 2018 to 2022. Then again in 2024, he was reappointed and guided the team to the final.
Vinay Kumar's career
Vinay Kumar leads the chart in the Ranji Trophy with 442 wickets, the most among the pacers in the tournament and the fifth highest overall in India's premier domestic competition. He picked 504 first-class wickets in 139 matches at an average of 22.44.
PC: Twitter/XHe made his debut for India back in 2010 against Sri Lanka, and Vinay captained Karnataka to an unprecedented double-treble of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup from 2013 to 2015. He featured in 31 ODIs for India. Vinay was part of IPL-winning sides at Kolkata Knight Riders (2014) and the Mumbai Indians (2015 and 2017).
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