They finished their season with 7 wins from 14 matches. Ahead of the new season, Delhi Capitals have roped in former England batsman Ian Bell as assistant coach. The franchise confirmed the development on Tuesday (February 10).
The current coaching staff of Delhi Capitals consists of Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao, Head Coach Hemang Badani and Bowling Coach Munaf Patel. Last year, Australian Matthew Mott was the assistant coach of the Delhi-based franchise. With the team failing to qualify for the playoffs, management decided to replace Motts with Bell.
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Ian Bell enjoyed a stellar career with England in international cricket. He represented England in 118 Tests, 161 ODIs and 8 T20Is. He scored over 13,000 runs across formats with the help of 26 centuries and 82 half-centuries.
Bell has been very active on the coaching circuit since his retirement as a player. He has previously worked with England Lions and the Under-19 team. In 2024, he availed his services as batting coach for Sri Lanka during their tour of England. He also worked briefly for New Zealand, in addition to serving as assistant coach of Birmingham Phoenix in the Men’s Hundred.
Delhi Capitals’ strong squad for IPL 2026:
Delhi Capitals have a very strong squad for IPL 2026 and will make the most of their chances this year. They will be one of the contenders to qualify for the play-offs this year. They have most of their bases covered and will be desperate to perform well as they eye their maiden IPL title.
India star Axar Patel will lead the team this season. The other big names in the squad are KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav and Mitchell Starc.
After the end of last season, they signed Nitish Rana from Rajasthan Royals before strengthening their squad in the mini-auction. Delhi Capitals signed highly rated Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi Dar while securing the services of Sri Lanka star Pathum Nissanka, England’s Ben Duckett, South African duo David Miller and Lungi Ngidi and their former opener Prithvi Shaw.
Delhi Capitals squad:
Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana, Auqib Nabi Dar, Pathum Nissanka, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson.
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