IPL 2025: The retention list of IPL 2025 has come out and the auction will also take place soon. To prepare for this, all the teams have also made changes in their management so that they can win the trophy this time.
Although the name of IPL is Indian Premier League, it is still dominated by foreign players. He not only dominates the playing eleven but has also taken over the coaching setup. In which most of the teams have foreign coaches. Whereas there are some franchises whose coach is Indian.
Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders are the only teams whose coaches are Indians. There has been a change in the coaching setup of Rajasthan Royals this year and Kumar Sangakkara has been removed there and Rahul Dravid has been brought as the coach. Recently, Team India won the T20 World Cup under the coaching of Rahul Dravid. After which captain Rohit Sharma praised coach Rahul Dravid.
At the same time, Delhi Capitals has also made a change in its coach and has removed Ricky Ponting from the post of coach who has been there for the last several years. Hemang Badani has been made the coach by replacing Ponting. Chandrakant Pandit has been the coach of Kolkata for the last few years. Kolkata team has also been successful in winning the title once under his coaching.
Ever since the Gujarat team entered the IPL, Ashish Nehra has been the coach of Gujarat. The pair of him and Hardik Pandya had won the title for Gujarat once in the first two seasons and were successful in reaching the final once. However, after Hardik's departure last season, Gujarat team could not even qualify for the playoffs.
Stephen Fleming has been the coach of Chennai Super Kings for years. Whereas Mahela Jayawardene has once again returned to Mumbai Indians as the head coach. Punjab Kings have also made changes in their coaching setup and appointed Ricky Ponting as the coach. The coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore this season is also Andy Flower, while the coach of Lucknow Super Giants remains Justin Langer. Whereas the coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad is Daniel Vettori, under whose coaching Hyderabad also played the final this season.
However, not many big Indian players are coaching any team. Rather, he prefers to join the team as a mentor, due to which he does not become a coach. However, records show that more teams with foreign coaches have won the IPL than Indian coaches, due to which teams prefer to hire foreign coaches.
