Delhi Capitals has initiated talks with former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh relating to a doable teaching function for the upcoming Indian Premier League season.
Sportstar understands that the franchise, which struggled within the final couple of editions of the IPL, is eager on bringing Yuvraj – one of many icons of Indian cricket – on board, though a last determination is awaited.
Earlier, experiences claimed that Yuvraj was in rivalry to switch Ashish Nehra because the coach of Gujarat Titans. Nevertheless, sources indicated that Nehra is prone to proceed as the top coach, and the Titans are in dialog with a few different former India cricketers to fill in for Gary Kirsten, who’s now the top coach of Pakistan.
Although Yuvraj has no prior teaching expertise, he has labored intently with Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and some different cricketers from Punjab over the previous couple of years. Following the exit of their long-time head coach Ricky Ponting, the Capitals are bolstering their batting division underneath the steering of the vastly skilled Yuvraj, who has featured in 40 Exams, 304 ODIs and 58 T20Is. He was additionally a key member of India’s ODI World Cup-winning staff in 2011.
The Delhi Capitals reached the ultimate of the IPL in 2020 earlier than taking place to Mumbai Indians within the summit conflict. Within the following season, it made it to the play-offs, however issues went downhill from the 2022 season, failing to achieve the playoffs for 3 successive seasons. And, with Ponting’s exit, the franchise is planning an overhaul in its teaching division, with former India captain Sourav Ganguly on the helm because the director of cricket.
Whereas there have been speculations that Ganguly may double up as the top coach and the director of cricket, it’s doubtless that the franchise might finally hand over the teaching accountability to another person whereas Ganguly will take care of the general operations.
Nevertheless, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see whether or not the continued discussions with Yuvraj would have a optimistic consequence.