IPL 2022: Punjab Kings get power-hitting coach Julian Ross Wood on board as batting marketing consultant

Punjab Kings have appointed former England first-class cricketer Julian Ross Wood as their batting marketing consultant, with emphasis on power-hitting, forward of the brand new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, starting on March 26.

Wood has a repute because the pioneer in power-hitting teaching, having labored with gamers throughout the IPL, the Big Bash League and different T20 leagues. In the previous, Wood has helped the likes of Ben Stokes, Prithvi Shaw, Sam Billings and Carlos Brathwaite with the science of staying nonetheless and hitting the ball out of the park.

With gamers like Liam Livingston, Jonny Bairstow, Shahrukh Khan and Raj Angad Bawa, who’re large hitters themselves, within the PBKS outfit now, will probably be attention-grabbing to see how his efforts are replicated on the sphere.

The 53-year-old will work on the Punjab batters alongside assistant coach Jonty Rhodes, who has been given further accountability this season apart from the fielding division.

Who is Julian Wood, the batting marketing consultant for our Kings this yr!

Meet our new energy hitting specialist #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings https://t.co/CtEQmtx8V5

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) March 14, 2022

“We are jubilant to announce Julian Ross Wood as our new batting consultant for #TATAIPL2022,” the group wrote on social media.

The franchise had a reasonably profitable public sale as they roped within the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada and Shahrukh Khan.

Punjab had Wood on their radar for the final two years however have been lastly capable of safe his providers final week.

Wood had been approached by different IPL groups up to now however the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to his late arrival on the earth’s largest T20 league.

Punjab badly want a turnaround of their fortunes, having completed sixth out of 8 groups up to now three seasons. Their solely closing look got here in 2014.