With a disappointing performance in the second season of the IPL, something had to give for the Kolkata Knightriders and finally Shahrukh Khan has send John Buchanan back home. The team managed just three wins this season and it was a shameful performance on the field to say the least. John wanted the Knightriders to become a global franchisee like the Manchester United but was unable to make any progress.

He had set aside plans and goals for the team, which he obviously was not able to achieve. The team started as one of the strong contenders with some strong foreign signings but as the tournament reached I climax their matches were like dead rubbers with the outcome known mostly at the toss. Even when john was the coach of the Australian team who were the world champions at that time, Shane Warne did not like his coaching techniques.

He said that they were complex to say the least and you should try to keep it simple. John’s idea of multiple captains also received a lot of criticism. His move to replace Saurav Ganguly as the captain and bring in Brendon Mccullum as his replacement proved to be a huge disaster, who was not able to handle the pressure and clearly buckled under the pressure.

The coach had additional problems, which arose after a fake blogger criticized the team tactics in the blog claiming to be a member for the team. Steve Waugh, Michael Bevan and Dave Whatmore are names that have emerged for the next coach of the team. John will head to England where he will help the English and Wales Cricket Board.