Ricky Ponting to mentor Kolkata Knight Riders? Former Delhi Capitals coach hints at IPL 2025 return

New Delhi: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting hinted at Indian Premier League (IPL) return within the upcoming season mentioning he would per chance have a couple of offers in coming weeks. The 2-time World Cup-winning former captain changed into sacked by Delhi Capitals earlier this year after being on the helm for seven long years. Less than Ponting’s guidance, Delhi Capitals qualified for the ultimate in 2020.

While there are no such vacancies on the pinnacle coach’s role in any of the franchises, IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders desire a replacement for Gautam Gambhir on the mentor’s role which has been lying vacant since the previous opener changed into the pinnacle coach of the Indian senior team.

Thought of as as one in your entire batting greats, Ponting changed into part of the KKR squad from 2008 to 2010 as a player and it'd benefit the players if the Australian as a fine distance as experience and mentorship is anxious. Any other aspect that might well work for Ponting is his relationship with Shreyas Iyer, lower than whom KKR won last season.

It changed into Iyer who changed into leading the Delhi Capitals side in 2020 when the franchise made the ultimate. In a chat with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, the Forty nine-year-old revealed that he wasn’t curious about international coaching jobs as he wanted to spend time along with his family.

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