Ricky Ponting has resigned as the coach of Delhi Capitals. Now there are rumors of the end of the relationship with Sourav Ganguly. The Indian media reported that the team's Director of Cricket is about to leave the post.

Sourav Ganguly

It is known that Delhi will appoint a new Director of Cricket to replace Sourav before the upcoming IPL. Former Indian cricketer Benugopal Rao will be given the responsibility.

Venugopal played 16 ODIs for India between 2005 and 2006. Sourav was Delhi's mentor in 2019. He later became the president of the Indian Cricket Board. Sourav became Delhi's Director of Cricket in 2023 after that duty ended. However, according to a source, Sourav's relationship with Delhi is not ending completely. She can be seen in charge of Delhi Women's IPL team.

It is also reported that the name of Hemang Badani as the new coach of Delhi is almost final. Badani and Venu are already in contact with this group. They were with the team in International T20 in United Arab Emirates and Major League Cricket in America. That is why the team is relying on the two. They will choose the rest of the support staff. However, no one's name has been announced yet.

IPL auction this year. Before that, the teams have to inform the names of the retained cricketers. Names to be announced by October 31. It is reported that Delhi can retain captain Rishabh Pant, all-rounder Akshar Patel and spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

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Among them, Pant can be retained for Rs 18 crore, Akshar Rs 14 crore and Kuldeep Rs 11 crore. Apart from these three cricketers, Delhi will try to keep two foreigners Jake-Fraser McGurk and Tristan Stubbs in the team. For them they plan to use Right to Match cards.