{"id":801943,"date":"2026-10-14T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801943\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:08:11","slug":"ipl-2027-delhi-capitals-unveil-yuvraj-singh-as-assistant-and-batting-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801943\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2027 &#8211; Delhi Capitals unveil Yuvraj Singh as assistant and batting coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Capitals had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricinfo.com\/story\/ipl-2027-sourav-ganguly-officially-named-delhi-capitals-new-head-coach-1557286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled Ganguly as their head coach<\/a>. He took over from Hemang Badani, with the\u00a0change is in line with the arrangement reached between DC&#8217;s co-owners &#8211; GMR Sports India Pvt Ltd and Jindal South West (JSW) Sports &#8211; after IPL 2024, which is that each owner will control franchise operations in alternating two-year cycles.<\/p>\n<p>As for Yuvraj, this will be his first formal coaching role. &#8220;I am excited to begin a new chapter in my life with the Delhi Capitals,&#8221; Yuvraj said in a statement. &#8220;I have an old association with the franchise and know the owners well, which makes this a special opportunity for me. I&#8217;m also looking forward to teaming up with Dada [Sourav Ganguly], this time as coaches. Coaching is something I am truly passionate about, and I cannot wait to get started with this extremely talented squad. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to be an exciting journey for me, and I look forward to contributing to the team&#8217;s success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parth Jindal, the co-owner and chairman of Capitals, welcomed Yuvraj into their set-up. &#8220;Yuvi is one of Indian cricket&#8217;s greatest match-winners and someone who has played a pivotal role in mentoring many of the brightest young talents in Indian cricket today,&#8221; Jindal said. &#8220;His experience, winning mindset, and ability to connect with players will be invaluable to our squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years, Yuvraj has been credited by several Indian players, including Test and ODI captain Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh, for playing a key role in their success as batters.<\/p>\n<p>Yuvraj has also played 14 games for Capitals in 2015, scoring 248 runs to go with a wicket after he had been bought for INR 16 crore ahead of the season. He was the most expensive player in the IPL at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Yuvraj played 132 IPL games, scoring 2750 runs to go with 36 wickets. He retired from all forms of cricket <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricinfo.com\/story\/i-have-decided-to-move-on-yuvraj-singh-announces-international-ipl-retirement-1188187\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, Capitals had unveiled Ganguly as their head coach. He took over from Hemang Badani, with the\u00a0change&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[132648,1721,36623,49,50,132647,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-bulletin","tag-cricket","tag-daily","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-package","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}