Former India cricketers Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao have been appointed as head coach and director of cricket, respectively, as Delhi Capitals unveiled their new coaching staff ahead of the 2025 IPL on Thursday.
The 47-year-old Badani, who represented India in four Tests and 40 ODIs, brings an impressive coaching background across various leagues.
From 2021 to 2023, he served as a fielding coach with Sunrisers Hyderabad and as a batting coach in successive seasons. He also led the Jaffna Kings to two consecutive titles in the Lankan Premier League and was a batting coach for the title-winning Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the inaugural SA20.
Most recently, he was the head coach of the Dubai Capitals, who reached this year's ILT20 final. "It's my absolute honour to be joining Delhi Capitals, and I'm deeply grateful to our owners for trusting me with the job," Badani said in a release. "With the mega auction around the corner, my job, in collaboration with the rest of our coaching staff, is cut out.