Former England captain Kevin Peterson The patron of Delhi Capital has been appointed for IPL 2025. 44 -year -old, Hemung Badani (Head Coach), Matthew Mot (Assistant Coach), Munaf Patel (Bowling Coach) and Venugopal Rao (Director of Cricket) will join DC Backroom. The franchise, which announced on its app, is not yet a captain’s name for the upcoming season.
This will be Peterson’s first coaching assignment in the IPL. He last played in the league In 2016“This is an exciting opportunity for capitals to step into this new role as a patron,” he said in a DC press release. “And I am really eager to join the squad, work together with boys, and can do everything that can help me win that final award.”
Peterson played for three IPL franchises for five sessions from 2009, including Delhi (then called Daredevils), and also captained 17 times. After the head of Bengaluru, the head of Bengaluru in IPL 2009, he captained the Daredevils during a full session in 2014, when they ended Under the table With two wins in 14 sports.
Pietersen captained England in 2008, including a two -match Test series in India, England.
Since the captaincy of Delhi in IPL 2014, Peterson has maintained a personal relationship with DC franchise co-owners, GMR president Kiran Kumar Grandy. In September last year, Peterson helped Broker a landmark deal Between GMR and Hampshire County Cricket Club. Peterson and Grandi also attended England’s T20I against Australia in 2024 in 2024.
“I have received incredible memories of representing the Delhi franchise in the IPL, and I am able to maintain that passion for the team as a broadcaster with Venu (Venugopal Rao) during the 2012 season.
Outside the IPL, Peterson has depicted the Big Bash League (BBL), Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Overall, he played 200 T20s, scored 5695 runs, an average of 33.89 and the strike rate is less than only 137.
DC, who has only arrived anytime IPL final once In all these years, IPL finished sixth in 2024 and last year, with the largest purse among all ten teams, he moved to the auction after keeping most of his big-tick players and maintaining only Exer Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Triston Stabs and Abishek Porel. He then added star players in his roster including KL Rahul, Harry Brook, FAF Do Placeis and Mitchell Staror.
His Indian assistant employees – Badani, Rao and Munaf – recently coached Dubai Capital. LT20 titleThe first trophy was won by a capitals in the tournament of men or women anywhere in the world.
