Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) have removed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting from the head post position of the franchise ahead of IPL 2025 mega-auction. The franchise roped in with Ponting in 2018, he was the head coach for seven long years. DC director of cricket Sourav Ganguly will likely to take over the coach role of the franchise as well.
DC are yet to win an IPL title under Ponting's coaching the franchise finished last in the league in his first season as coach but then qualified for the playoffs in 2019, 2020 and 2021. DC were the runners-up in 2020.
DC for Ricky Ponting
Delhi Capitals (DC) took their ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) to announce that they removed Australia's World Cup-winning coach from the post of head coach.
"As you move on as our head coach, we're finding it incredibly hard to put this down in words," DC said in a post 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?'
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