Munaf Patelthe previous India bowler and ODI World Cup winner, would be the new bowling coach of Delhi Capitals (DC). The franchise made the announcement on Tuesday, with Munaf becoming a member of head coach Hemang Badani and director of cricket Venugopal Rao within the crew’s
new-look backroom staff for IPL 2025.
This will likely be Munaf’s first high-profile teaching gig after retiring from aggressive cricket in 2018. Since then, he has been enjoying in just a few competitions comprising retired cricketers. However earlier than that, he made his mark as a pacer with the ability to generate reverse swing and ship yorkers. Aside from a world profession of 86 caps throughout three codecs between 2006 and 2011, Munaf additionally represented Rajasthan Royals (2008-2010), Mumbai Indians (2011-2013) and Gujarat Lions (2017). He received the 2013 IPL season with Mumbai.
Munaf replaces former Australia allrounder James Hopes within the function. DC had amicably parted methods with Hopes –
and former head coach Ricky Ponting as a part of an overhaul in July 2024 and have since centered on a training unit made up primarily of Indians.
As a part of their plans for the upcoming three-year IPL cycle and a mega public sale later this month,
DC have retained spin-bowling allrounder Axar Patel, wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav, South African batter Tristan Stubbs and uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel.
They head into the public sale on November 24 and 25 with the third-highest purse of INR 73 crore, trying to considerably enhance their performances after failing to make the playoffs for the final three IPL seasons.