IPL2018 : Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals want Ricky Ponting as coach

Ricky Ponting had successfully coached Mumbai Indians (MI) for two editions until 2015. He may return to IPL once again, Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is rumoured to make his comeback in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 season as coach. After leading the Mumbai Indians to glory during the 2015 edition, the Aussie legend is now being linked with franchisees Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals. The three-time World Cup-winner was instrumental in not only shaping the 2015-16 Mumbai Indians squad but also for unearthing and nurturing talents like Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya who are now regulars in the Indian cricket team. He also played an important part in supporting and marshalling players like Jos Buttler and Krunal Pandya to get the best out of them. "Ponting is most likely to be signed up by the Daredevils as their next coach. However, apart from the Daredevils, he's also being wooed by the Rajasthan Royals (who'll return to the IPL after a two-year ban due to the spot-fixing scandal)," a source close to the developments told TOI on Thursday. Ricky Ponting, popularly known in his team as Punter, made his debut in 1995, he took over as the Australian ODI captain in 2002 and has been a part of three successful World Cup campaigns which also included a 34 match winning streak, which proves his success as captain. Ponting The right-handed batsmen also became the first ever player to score twin centuries in his 100th Test when he smashed the South African attack with fantastic knocks of 149 and 104 not out. He was also named the Man of the Match and he ended up being the Man of the Series as well. In 2008, Ponting also holds the record of being the third Australian to reach 10000 Test runs.