Delhi Capitals appoints Yuvraj Singh as batting coach after poor IPL 2026: Report

According to IPL sources following the development, they said on Friday that former white-ball regular Yuvraj Singh will join Delhi Capitals as its batting coach for the 2027 season.

Yuvraj, India’s player of the tournament at the 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup, has worked as a personal mentor to current Indian captain Shubman Gill and top T20 batsman Abhishek Sharma in recent years.

Even Rishabh Pant sought Yuvraj’s advice when he suffered a dip in form.

The Delhi Capitals stint will be Yuvraj’s first coaching assignment in the cash-rich league.

Yuvraj played the last of his 132 IPL matches in 2019 for Mumbai Indians before calling time on his competitive career.

“There will be a complete overhaul of the coaching staff at Delhi Capitals as JSW will be in charge of the management for the 2027-28 seasons as per the agreement. The trio of Venugopal Rao, Hemang Badani and Munaf Patel, appointed by co-owners GMR, will make way for new support staff.”

“Sourav Ganguly will take over as director of cricket and Yuvraj will join as batting coach,” an IPL source told PTI.

According to the agreement, co-owners GMR and JSW will take turns managing the affairs of the men’s team for a period of two years.

DC has been unable to qualify for the playoffs the past two seasons and their planning, strategy and auction picks have remained largely unfulfilling.

It is understood that Ganguly, who had a big influence on Yuvraj as his first international captain, wanted to have the flamboyant Southpaw on board.

While Ganguly as director of cricket also looked after JSW’s SA20 franchise Pretoria Capitals as well as DC Women, Yuvraj will only have to look after the DC men’s team.

It will be interesting to see if Rishabh Pant, who is all set to leave Lucknow Super Giants, can be traded by Delhi Capitals instead of one or two players from the existing squad.

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sabyasachi chowdhury

Published on:

19 Jun 2026 17:09 IST