Sourav Ganguly new head coach for Delhi Capitals; Ricky Ponting out

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 is an unforgetful season for Delhi Capitals as they finished at the second-last position in the points table. Sourav Ganguly new head coach for Delhi Capitals; Ricky Ponting out.

Australian star Ricky Ponting, who is also head coach of the DC, is set to be replaced by former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who re-joined the DC as Director of Cricket in the IPL 2023 earlier this year. According to reports in Sangbad Pratidin, a Bengali media outlet, Ganguly is all set to replace Ponting for the men’s team head coach’s position.

He will also be addressing his role as Director of Cricket at the franchise. In 2015, Ponting won the IPL title with the five-time champions as head coach and joined the DC squad in 2018. For the first time in the history of the IPL, Delhi will reach the final in 2020.

Then, in 2021, DC finished at the top of the points table but lost both qualifier matches. But since the last two seasons, DC has failed to showcase its magic. In 2022, DC finished in the fifth position, whereas in 2023, DC sat at the ninth position on the points table.

The Capitals had a forgettable season this year in the absence of their regular skipper Rishabh Pant, as they finished 9th on the table. Meanwhile, Ponting, who led Mumbai Indians to glory in IPL 2015, joined DC in 2018. Within two years of taking the command, Ponting guided DC to their maiden IPL final in 2020 and also finished at the top of the table in 2021.

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For Ganguly, he was earlier a part of DC’s camp in 2019, but later left the role to become the BCCI president before returning to the Capitals ahead of the 2023 season.