Delhi Capitals gets assistant coach. (Photo- Hamish Blair/Getty Images)
Delhi Capitals Assistant Coach, IPL 2026: All the teams have intensified their preparations for IPL 2026. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals has made a big announcement and made a change in its coaching staff. A new assistant coach has entered the franchise. This responsibility has been entrusted to a 43-year-old veteran, who is going to be associated with IPL for the first time. The cricket career of this legend has been quite brilliant and since his retirement, he has been working with different teams.
Delhi Capitals got assistant coach
Delhi Capitals has appointed former England batsman Ian Bell as the no. This announcement was made while sharing the post on the social media handles of Delhi Capitals. Ian Bell has played 118 Tests, 161 ODIs and 8 T20 International matches for England and has become active in coaching after retiring from cricket in 2020. This will be his first coaching role in IPL. However, he has a lot of coaching experience.
After retirement, Ian Bell has worked with England Lions and Under-19 teams. In 2024, he worked as the batting coach of the Sri Lankan Test team on the England tour. Additionally, he also had a short stint with the New Zealand men’s team ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup and has also contributed as the assistant coach of Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred. Bell will now work with cricket director Venugopal Rao, head coach Hemang Badani and bowling coach Munaf Patel at Delhi Capitals. Ian Bell has replaced Australian Matthew Mott, who was playing this role last season.
Ian Bell’s powerful statistics
Ian Bell is counted among the most successful players of England. He has 7727 runs in Test, 5416 runs in ODI and 188 runs in T20I. He has scored 57 centuries in first class cricket. At the same time, 13 centuries have been recorded in List A. He has also scored 1 century in T20 cricket. That means he has scored a total of 71 centuries in professional cricket.