Former England white-ball coach Matthew Mott was on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) appointed assistant coach of IPL franchise Delhi Capitals for the upcoming season.
The 51-year-old Mott will help former India cricketer Hemang Badani, who was named head coach in October final 12 months. The Australian joins director of cricket Venugopal Rao and bowling coach Munaf Patel within the Delhi Capitals’ assist employees.
Mott, following a particularly profitable stint with the Australian ladies’s cricket staff — he guided them to 2 T20 World Cups, one ODI World Cup and 4 Ashes sequence wins — over seven years, grew to become the England males’s staff white-ball coach in 2022.
The former first-class cricketer, with greater than 3,500 runs beneath his belt in 66 video games, stepped down as England coach in July final 12 months after guiding them to the T20 World Cup title in Australia in 2022.
Mott had additionally served as assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders throughout the first two seasons of IPL.
Delhi Capitals, who’re nonetheless searching for their maiden IPL title, have made main modifications to their teaching employees forward of the brand new season. They introduced in former India participant Badani as head coach instead of legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting, whereas additionally changing Australia’s James Hopes with ex-India pacer and member of the 2011 World Cup-winning squad, Munaf, as their bowling coach.
Delhi Capitals will open their IPL marketing campaign towards Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Visakhapatnam on March 24.
Published – February 26, 2025 05:08 am IST
