Former England cricketer, Andrew Freddie Flintoff attended Kolkata Knight Riders’ observe session on the Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata, forward of the seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League on March 19. Tuesday. The 46-year-old has been slowly returning to the general public eye after he was concerned in a horrific automobile crash in December 2022.
Flintoff was noticed at KKR’s warm-up match of their preparations for the upcoming season of IPL. KKR’s mentor, Gautam Gambhir and coach Chandrakant Pandit have been over-seeing the sport and Flintoff was additionally in attendance. The official social media deal with of KKR posted photos of Flintoff and captioned the submit, “A particular visitor at our observe match- Flintoff is right here.”
Flintoff watched the match and exchanged pleasantries with KKR group administration. His face seemed healed as he was all smiles whereas waving on the followers who have been attending the match.
Flintoff was concerned in a catastrophic accident whereas filming for the BBC present High Gear in December 2022, which resulted in damaged ribs and important facial and jaw accidents. The incident was so extreme that he needed to be airlifted to a hospital from Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, the positioning of the crash. Nonetheless, 14 months submit the accident, he arrived in India to shoot one other documentary with the BBC. Flintoff was related to the Chennai Tremendous Kings in IPL 2009, however managed to play solely 3 video games and suffered an harm. After that, he could not take part within the cash-rich league.
KKR have begun their observe in full-swing of their bid to win their third IPL title. Through the warm-up match as effectively, their large cash man, Mitchell Starc, turned up the warmth along with his deadly bowling. He dismissed Afghanistan bowler, Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Manish Pandey, who made his comeback to the franchise, additionally smashed Andre Russell’s supply down the bottom for an enormous six. KKR had completed off on the third final spot within the factors desk underneath the captaincy of Nitish Rana. With Shreyas Iyer’s return as captain and Gambhir’s homecoming in a brand new position as a mentor will bolster their possibilities of having a great event this season.
The Kolkata Knight Riders will likely be internet hosting the Sunrisers Hyderabad of their event opener on the iconic Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata on March 23, Saturday.
