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FACT CHECK: Will Ricky Ponting Coach Delhi Capitals In IPL 2024?

Gurpreet Singh
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FACT CHECK: Will Ricky Ponting Coach Delhi Capitals In IPL 2024?

Legendary Australian captain Ricky Ponting has consistently been associated with the Indian Premier League for some few years now. Donning the head coach’s hat these days, Ponting had coached Delhi Capitals to a disappointing ninth finish in the points table during the recently concluded 16th season of the IPL.

Having failed to make it past the league stage the previous year as well, fans have already turned inquisitive with regard to Ponting’s continuance in the coaching role for IPL 2024.

Some recent reports from the local West Bengal media outlets and a few national ones have reported that legendary Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will take charge as Capitals’ head coach during the 17th season of the coveted league. Ganguly was reappointed by DC as their Director of Cricket this year, with his previous stint at the very post having initially taken place during IPL 2019 when before him becoming the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) president.

Will Ricky Ponting Coach Delhi Capitals In IPL 2024?

Perhaps as a reply to all the different speculations, Parth Jindal, co-owner of Capitals, took to social media platform Twitter to announce that they have already begun their preparations for the next IPL season.

Jindal made sure to specifically mention that both Ponting and Ganguly would be working together as the franchise think-tank during the next season. Having also taken Capitals’ fellow co-owner Kiran Grandhi into confidence as far as vision going ahead is concerned, it is an enough indication that Ponting will continue to remain Delhi’s head coach.

It was only in March this year that Ganguly had taken responsibility of the franchise with respect to the IPL, Women’s IPL, the SA20, and the ILT20.

Ricky Ponting Coaching Record At Delhi Capitals

Ponting has been coaching Capitals since the 2018 edition of the IPL. Under him, the franchise had finished as runners-up in IPL 2020 and had ended the league stage of IPL 2021 as the table-toppers with 10 wins out of 14 league matches.

Former Australian allrounder Shane Watson had joined the Capitals’ unit as Ponting’s assistant to the role in 2022, which already included some high-profile names in Ajit Agarkar (assistant coach), James Hopes (bowling coach) and Pravin Amre (assistant coach).

SeasonMatchesWonLostPosition in table
201814598th
201914953rd
202014862nd
2021141041st
202214775th
202314599th

Ponting is yet to work as a full-time coach of an international team, despite having worked with Australia in part-time roles in the past. The 48-year-old had even revealed a couple of years ago that he cannot opt to be part of the Australian national side year long in this very capacity, as he needs to spend some quality time with his family as well.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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