{"id":931135,"date":"2026-10-17T06:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931135\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T06:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:06:11","slug":"delhi-capitals-big-ipl-2027-shake-up-continues-sri-lanka-legend-joins-sourav-gangulys-team-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/931135\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Capitals&#8217; big IPL 2027 shake-up continues, Sri Lanka legend joins Sourav Ganguly&#8217;s team | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/delhi-capitals.jpg\" alt=\"Delhi Capitals' big IPL 2027 shake-up continues, Sri Lanka legend joins Sourav Ganguly's team\" title=\"Delhi Capitals players (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Delhi Capitals players (PTI Photo) Former Sri Lanka all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chaminda-vaas\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chaminda Vaas<\/a> is set for his maiden coaching stint in the Indian Premier League after being appointed Delhi Capitals&#8217; fast bowling coach ahead of the 2027 season.Vaas, one of Sri Lanka&#8217;s most successful fast bowlers, claimed 355 wickets in Tests and 400 in ODIs during his international career. He joins a revamped Capitals coaching staff headed by former India captain Sourav Ganguly, with former India all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/yuvraj-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuvraj Singh<\/a> having been appointed assistant and batting coach earlier this week.The 52-year-old replaces former India pacer Munaf Patel, who served as Delhi&#8217;s bowling coach over the previous two seasons.Vaas brings considerable international coaching experience to the role. He has worked with Sri Lanka&#8217;s men&#8217;s team in three separate stints and also had a brief coaching contract with New Zealand. He was appointed Sri Lanka&#8217;s bowling coach from 2013 to 2015 before taking up the same role with Ireland for the 2016 T20 World Cup. He subsequently returned to the Sri Lankan set-up.The former left-arm pacer is also familiar with the IPL, having represented Deccan Chargers between 2008 and 2010. He picked up 18 wickets in 13 matches for the franchise.Vaas&#8217; appointment is the latest development in Delhi Capitals&#8217; preparations for the 2027 season, as the franchise continues to reshape its backroom staff under Ganguly&#8217;s leadership.Delhi have also been active in the player trade market in recent months. Pacer T Natarajan moved back to Sunrisers Hyderabad from Delhi, with spinner Zeeshan Ansari heading in the opposite direction. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/natarajan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natarajan<\/a>, acquired by Delhi for Rs 10.75 crore at the 2025 auction, moved to SRH at a revised fee of Rs 5 crore, while Ansari joined the Capitals at his existing fee of Rs 40 lakh.In another major trade announced months ago, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant returned to Delhi Capitals from Lucknow Super Giants, while left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav moved to Lucknow. Pant, who spent nine seasons with Delhi from 2016 to 2024, took a pay cut from his Rs 27 crore auction price at LSG to Rs 15 crore for his return to the franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delhi Capitals players (PTI Photo) Former Sri Lanka all-rounder Chaminda Vaas is set for his maiden coaching stint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,497774,740,31776,497775,361320,497777,19907,10535,32650,85,497776,7872],"class_list":["post-931135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chaminda-vaas","tag-cricket","tag-delhi-capitals","tag-fast-bowling-coach","tag-indian-premier-league-2027","tag-natarajan","tag-pant","tag-rishabh-pant","tag-sourav-ganguly","tag-sports","tag-t-natarajan","tag-yuvraj-singh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}