Reports: Delhi Capitals in hunt for new head coach, Sourav Ganguly to continue as DoC

Former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly previously expressed his desire to coach Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025 but the franchise wants a new face, someone who follows both international and domestic cricket very closely. As per reports, the franchise is already in talks with two World Cup winners for the vacant head coach position and a decision will be made within the next couple of months.

As per Delhi, Ganguly already has a lot on his plate and the franchise is unwilling to double his shift. As a Director of Cricket, the 52-year-old handles other teams under the same umbrella: Pretoria Capitals, Dubai Capitals and Washington Freedom and the franchise believes that he will not have much time to follow domestic cricket up close.

A source close to the development told News18 that the franchise is keen on bringing someone like Gautam Gambhir into the set-up. With the mega-auction coming up, the 2020 finalists are hopeful of turning things around and starting afresh keeping that in mind, they do not want a stop-gap coach and want someone for the long run.

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“Ganguly already has a lot of things on his plate – planning multiple things for the franchise as the Director of Cricket. The team needs a very hands-on coach who follows the circuit very aggressively. Like Gautam Gambhir does. It’s no surprise that he has been so successful as a mentor,” said a source to News18.

“He keeps track of players – both international and domestic. The management doesn’t want a stop-gap arrangement for the head coach position as it’s the season right after the mega auction as the new cycle gets underway,” the source added.

They are also unhappy with the scout team. It was noted that Jagrit Anand of the scouting team was let go and the two remaining - Shyantanu Chokhani and Adhishwar ‘haven’t played any serious cricket’. The owners noted that changes are expected.

“The only person who had played some sort of cricket in the scouting team was Jagrit Anand (white-ball games for Delhi). After he was let go, the remaining two Shyantanu Chokhani and Adhishwar haven’t played any serious cricket. And no wonder the returns of the scouting team have been very underwhelming. Is there one cricketer who comes to mind which was unearthed by the scouting team? No,” said the source.