Kolkata Knight Riders' new head coach Jacques Kallis on Thursday said he would not tinker much with the winning formula put in place by previous coach Trevor Bayliss, who guided the team to two IPl titles.
"There's an old saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Certainly, I will be sticking to that theory," Kallis said at KKR's first media interaction of the season, at the Eden Gardens.
Kallis, who is an integral member of the side since 2011 and their former mentor and batting consultant, has succeeded Bayliss after the Australian was appointed England coach last year. Terming this as natural progression, he said: "It started last season when I was a batting consultant and then Trevor got the English job, it gave me an opening. Venky (Mysore) and the guys at the KKR asked me to take up the role. I've been involved with KKR for six years now. I know the set up pretty well. It's a new and exciting challenge, something I enjoy. I see it as a natural progression from being batting consultant to taking over and keeping the consistency in KKR,” he added.
KKR has enjoyed tremendous success under the Aussie, who along with skipper Gautam Gambhir has brought on a winning formula, something Kallis would like to carry forward in the ninth season.
"I'm fortunate for the system is in place. It certainly will be unchanged. He was magnificent. He's shown how good he's after taking over the England job. He's doing wonderful for England. My coaching style would be similar to what his was."
"Fortunately I worked as a player and then a filler coach so I got to know what works with the guys, most of whom are pretty much the same. like I say I would not be changing too much but a couple of things to add to my own identity."