In the upcoming year, the Indian Premier League will enter its 18th season – here are all the latest updates and news on IPL 2025, including teams, coaches, players and regulation changes.
I'd love to coach again in the IPL: Ponting
Ricky Ponting has expressed his interest in taking up coaching opportunities in the IPL after he parted ways with Delhi Capitals last month. The former Australia captain served as the Capitals’ head coach between 2018 and 2024. He also acknowledged that the lack of a title led to his exit.
"I'd love to coach again in the IPL. I've had a great time every year that I've been involved, whether that was in the early days as a player or the couple of years I had at Mumbai as head coach there. And then I've had seven seasons at Delhi, which unfortunately didn't really work out. I think me going there was all about trying to bring some silverware to the team and that didn't happen," Ponting said in the latest episode of the ICC Review.
Ricky Ponting has ruled himself out of accepting the position of England’s white-ball head coach, left vacant by the departure of Matthew Mott.
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Ponting added: "They made it pretty clear that they wanted to head in a different direction with someone that could give them a bit more time and a bit more availability through the off-season, really more than anything to be able to spend a bit more time in India with a lot of the local players. I just couldn't do that with the other stuff that I've got going on. I think what you'll find is that they'll probably end up with an Indian-based head coach."
"I wish them all the very best but as I said there could be a few opportunities for me popping up in the next couple of months and I'd love to be back coaching in the IPL again next season," he concluded.
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Dravid could re-link with Rajasthan Royals as head coach – Report
Rahul Dravid is reportedly the top contender to replace Rajasthan Royals’ director of cricket, Kumar Sangakkara.
Dravid’s last coaching tenure was with the India men’s team, which ended on a high with a much-desired T20 World Cup trophy. According to a Cricbuzz report, Dravid is the favourite to take over in the role of head coach from Sangakkara, whom England are reportedly willing to appoint as their men’s white-ball coach after Matthew Mott’s departure.
The former India coach and captain served as the franchise's mentor towards the end of his career in 2014 and later joined their coaching staff before becoming the national team's coach.
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