NEW DELHI: Former Indian pacer Munaf Patel on Tuesday joined the Delhi Capitals as their new bowling coach for the following 12 months’s Indian Premier League (IPL), bringing priceless expertise and insights to the franchise.
DC retained Abhishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Axar Patel, and can now enter the IPL 2025 mega public sale, scheduled to be held on November 24 and 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with purse of Rs 73 crore.
Munaf, who performed 13 Assessments, 70 ODIs and three T20Is for India between 2006 and 2011, will now work with former cricketers Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao, who joined the DC franchise as their new head coach and director of cricket respectively a month in the past.
Recognized for his exact line and size throughout India’s profitable 2011 World Cup marketing campaign, Munaf provides depth to the Capitals’ teaching employees together with his huge data of tempo bowling. He’ll concentrate on mentoring the younger bowlers, sharpening their expertise, and guiding them by means of the stress of high-stakes IPL matches.
Munaf’s familiarity with Indian circumstances and his means to deal with the calls for of top-level cricket make him an thrilling addition as Delhi Capitals goal for IPL success.