About Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan Neil ten Doeschate (Dutch pronunciation: [tɛn ˈdusxaːtə]; born 30 June 1980) is a Dutch cricket coach and former cricketer. He was currently one of the assistant coaches of Indian men's cricket team. Born in South Africa, he played for the Netherlands national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. Ten Doeschate was named ICC Associate Player of the Year on a record three occasions, in 2008, 2010, and 2011. Born and raised in South Africa, ten Doeschate signed with Essex County Cricket Club in England for the 2003 English season, qualifying through his Dutch citizenship as a domestic player. A right-handed all-rounder, he first represented the Dutch national team in the 2005 ICC Trophy, and played a number of tournaments for the team, including the 2009 World Twenty20 and 2011 World Cup. At the latter tournament, ten Doeschate scored 119 runs against England, the first ODI century by a Dutch player against a full member of the ICC. At domestic level, ten Doeschate first established himself as a regular for Essex during the 2006 season, and was named the team's limited-overs captain for the 2014 season. He played for a number of professional Twenty20 teams in other countries, including franchises in Australia's Big Bash, the Bangladesh Premier League, the Indian Premier League and in New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In September 2021, ten Doeschate announced that he would retire from professional cricket at the end of 2021. He played his final international against Namibia on 20 October 2021 during the group match in 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In December 2021 he was appointed as Kent County Cricket Club's batting coach. In November 2022, he was appointed as the fielding coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. In July 2024, he was appointed as one of the assistant coaches of the India men's cricket team. In 2026, he was appointed as the head of cricket ctrategy of Knight Riders Group including Kolkata Knight Riders, Los Angeles Knight Riders and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders following his departure from India national cricket team as an assistant coach after completing two years of contract.
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