IPL: Delhi Capitals part ways with head coach Ricky Ponting after seven seasons

Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Delhi Capitals (DC) on Saturday parted ways with head coach Ricky Ponting, thus ending the franchise’s seven-year association with the former Australia captain. Ponting had taken over as Delhi Capitals coach in 2018 (then Delhi Daredevils) and went on to guide the franchise to their maiden IPL final in 2020, where they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) by five wickets.

However, since then, DC have only made the IPL playoffs once and despite showing promise, the team has fallen short of expectations. DC finished in sixth place in IPL 2024, with 14 points from as many matches.

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

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) July 13, 2024

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“As you move on as our head coach, we’re finding it incredibly hard to put this down in words,” DC said in a statement on social media.

“The four things you told us about in every huddle - care, commitment, attitude and effort - they sum up our seven summers together. 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! (Separate post for that loading) Seven summers of your hugs, shoulder pats and fist pumps for us all - newcomer, superstar… and everyone in-between. Thank you for everything, Coach! Like, you often close out, ‘Let’s leave this here mate, grab a beer, get back to work tomorrow, yeah?” the franchise added.

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Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly, assistant coach Pravin Amre, bowling coach James Hopes and fielding coach Biju George are the remaining members of the support staff at Delhi Capitals.