Delhi Capitals remove Ricky Ponting as head coach ahead of IPL 2025

Ricky Ponting had joined Delhi Capitals’ support staff in 2018.

In a massive development, Delhi Capitals (DC) have sacked head coach Ricky Ponting ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

In the IPL 2024, the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi finished at sixth position in the points table with 14 points in 14 matches. The Delhi-based franchise had a neck-to-neck competition with fourth-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but couldn’t qualify for the playoffs due to the poor net run rate in the 2024 season.

Delhi Capitals part ways with Ricky Ponting

The legendary cricketer Ponting has been with the Delhi-based franchise since 2018. During Ponting’s tenure as the head coach of the Capitals, the franchise failed to win the IPL title. 

Only once during his tenure, the Capitals made it to the IPL finals in 2020, under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy, but failed to win the title. Since the 2022 edition, DC have even failed to qualify for the playoffs.

On Saturday, July 13, Delhi Capitals took it to their social media handles to announce departure of Ricky Ponting as their head coach.

“Dear Ricky, as you move on as our Head Coach, we’re finding it incredibly to put this down in words. The four things you told us about in every huddle – care, commitment, attitude and effort – they sum up our seven summers together,” Delhi Capitals posted on social media platform X.

“Seven summers of you being hands-on, but also hands-off, so that we could become better. As athletes, yes, but more importantly, as human beings. Seven summers of you reaching every training session first, and leaving last. Seven summers of you sprinting out of the dugout during strategic timeouts, and biting your nails off until there were none left. Seven summers of your dressing room speeches – the speeches, Oh! Seven summers of your hugs, shoulder pats and fist pumps for us all – newcomer, superstar… and everyone in-between,” the statement added.

Here is the post:

Thank you, Ricky! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/D6gt7UbLpW

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) July 13, 2024

The remaining DC support staff consists of director of cricket Sourav Ganguly, assistant coach Pravin Amre, bowling coach James Hopes and fielding coach Biju George.

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