While one gets to see the performances of players on the field, a big role behind their success or failure depends on the coaching and support staff working behind the scenes.
There are cricketing experts who get involved in strategy making, medical experts who take care of mental conditioning and physical well-being, and individuals handling the all-important task of arranging for the logistics.
IPL 2022: Full schedule
The IPL will feature 74 games spread over 58 days. The sides will be divided into two groups of five. The IPL 2022 schedule sees each team play each other team in their group twice and each team in the other group at least once.
IPL 2022 Fixtures: Find the full Indian Premier League schedule for this season here
IPL 2022 coaches: Full support staff of each Indian Premier League team
Mumbai Indians
Sachin Tendulkar, Icon
Mahela Jayawardene, Head Coach
Zaheer Khan, Director of Cricket Operations
Shane Bond, Bowling Coach
Robin Singh, Batting Coach
James Pamment, Fielding Coach
Paul Chapman, Strength & Conditioning Coach
Craig Govender, Head Physio
Chennai Super Kings
Stephen Fleming, Head coach
Michael Hussey, Batting coach
Lakshmipathy Balaji, Bowling coach
Eric Simons, Bowling consultant
Rajiv Kumar, Fielding coach
Tommy Simsek, Physiotherapist
Gregory King, Trainer
R Russell, Team Manager
Dr Madhu Thottappillil, Team Doctor
Lakshmi Narayan, High-performance analyst
Sanjay Natarajan, Logistics manager
Khalil Khan, Team masseur
Kolkata Knight Riders
Brendon McCullum, Head Coach
Abhishek Nayar, Assistant Coach
David Hussey, Mentor
Omkar Salvi, Assistant Bowling Coach
James Foster, Fielding Coach
Chris Donaldson, Strength & Conditioning Coach
Kamlesh Jain, Head Physiotherapist
AR Srikkanth, Performance Analyst
Wayne Bentley, Team Manager
Bharat Arun, Bowling Coach
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mike Hesson, Director of Cricket operations
Sanjay Bangar, Head coach
Sridharan Sriram, Batting and Spin Bowling Coach
Adam Griffith, Bowling coach
Malolan Rangarajan, Head of scouting and fielding coach
Basu Shanker, Strength and conditioning coach
Evan Speechly, Team Physio
Navneeta Gautam, Sports Massage Therapist
Prathmesh Mishra, Chairman, RCB
Rajesh Menon, Vice President and Head, RCB
Nikhil Sosale, Head – Business Partnerships
Soumyadeep Pyne, Team Manager
Ajith Ramamurthy, Head of Content and Digital, RCB
Delhi Capitals
Ricky Ponting, Coach
Shane Watson, Assistant Coach
Ajit Agarkar, Assistant Coach
Pravin Amre, Assistant Coach
James Hopes, Fast bowling coach
Dhananjaya Kaushik, Assistant Physio
Patrick Farhart, Physio
Sriram Somayajula, Team Analyst
Sunrisers Hyderabad
CEO, K Shanmughan
Head coach, Tom Moody
Assistant Coach, Simon Katich
Fielding Coach, Hemang Badani
Spin Bowling Coach, Muttiah Muralitharan
Pace Bowling Coach, Dale Steyn
Batting Coach, Brian Lara
Punjab Kings
Anil Kumble, Director Of Cricket Operations And Head Coach
Julian Wood, Batting Consultant
Damien Wright, Bowling Coach
Jonty Rhodes, Assistant Coach
Prabhakar Bairgond, Assistant Fielding Coach
Adrian Le Roux, Strength And Conditioning Coach
Avinash Vaidya, General Manager – Cricket Operations
Ashish Tuli, Team Analyst
Andrew Leipus, Physio
Sankar Raj Gopal, Cricket Consultant
Dr Srinand Srinivas, Team Doctor And Chief Covid Consultant
Shravan Kumbagowdana, Assistant Physiotherapist
Dr Swaroop Anant Savanur, Mental Conditioning Coach
Naresh Kumar, Masseur
Rajasthan Royals
Team Manager, Romi Bhinder
Development and performance director, Zubin Bharucha
Director of Cricket, Kumar Sangakkara
Assistant coach, Trevor Penney
Batting coach, Amol Mazumdar
High-performance fast-bowling coach, Steffan Jones
Spin bowling coach, Sairaj Bahutule
Fast bowling coach, Lasith Malinga
Fielding coach, Dishant Yagnik
Team Catalyst, Paddy Upton
Lucknow Super Giants
CEO, Raghu Iyer
Mentor, Gautam Gambhir
Head coach, Andy Flower
Assistant coach, Vijay Dahiya
Bowling coach, Andy Bichel
Fielding coach, Richard Halsall
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Warren Andrews
Gujarat Titans
Director of cricket, Vikram Solanki
Head coach, Ashish Nehra
Batting coach and mentor, Gary Kirsten
Spin bowling coach and scout, Aashish Kapoor