It's been an emotional couple of days: McCullum

Mumbai: Former New Zealand cricketer and the current Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Brendon McCullum has said that the last couple of days, leading up to his appointment as the England men's Test team head coach, had been "emotional", and added that it would be a "big challenge" to turn things around with the England side.

The England Test side recently appointed Ben Stokes as their new captain after Joe Root stepped down following the series loss in the Caribbean. McCullum has been appointed to turn around the fortunes of the England Test side, which has won just one of the 17 games it has played over the last two years.

With Rob Key as the new managing director of the England men's cricket, this is the biggest high-profile appointment made by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) looking at the busy summer schedule, which begins with a three-Test series against New Zealand at Lord's from June 2.

McCullum will step down as head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders at the end of the IPL 2022 season to take up his assignment with the England Test team.

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