The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 starts on March 28. All the attention will turn to the field and the players.
But we can’t ignore the guys who work behind the scenes quietly. We are talking about the head coaches and the support staff.
So, here’s a look at the coaching staff of all teams in the IPL 2026 season.
Chennai Super Kings
- Head Coach – Stephen Fleming
- Batting Coach – Michael Hussey
- Bowling Consultant – Eric Simons
- Bowling Coach – Sridharan Sriram
- Assistant Coach – Rajiv Kumar
- Fielding Coach – James Foster
- Trainer – Gregory King
- Mental Skills Coach – David Reid
- Team Manager – R Russell
- Managing Director & CEO: Kasi Viswanathan
Delhi Capitals
- Director of Cricket – Venugopal Rao
- Head Coach – Hemang Badani
- Bowling Coach – Munaf Patel
- Assistant Coach – Ian Bell
- Fielding Coach – John Mooney
- Scout – Vijay Bharadwaj Team
- Team Doctor – Abhijit Salvi
Gujarat Titans
- Director of Cricket – Vikram Solanki
- Head Coach – Ashish Nehra
- Batting Coach – Matthew Hayden
- Batting Coach – Parthiv Patel
- Spin Bowling Coach – Ashish Kapoor
- Fast Bowling Coach – Naeem Amin
- Fielding Coach – Narender Negi
- Team Manager – Satyajit Parab
- Head Physiotherapist – Rohit Sawalkar
- Wicketkeeping Coach – Matthew Wade
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Head Coach – Abhishek Nayar
- Assistant Coach – Shane Watson
- Mentor – Dwayne Bravo
- Bowling Coach – Tim Southee
- Fielding Coach – Dishant Yagnik
- Power Coach – Andre Russell
- Strength and Conditioning Coach – Chris Donaldson
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach– Sagar VM
- Physiotherapist – Prasanth Panchada
- Team Manager – Adrian Wayne Bentley
- Analyst – Nathan Leamon
Lucknow Super Giants
- Director of Cricket – Tom Moody
- Strategic Advisor – Kane Williamson
- Head Coach – Justin Langer
- Assistant Coach – Lance Klusener & Rajat Bhatia
- Fielding Coach – Abhay Sharma
- Bowling Coach – Bharat Arun
- Spin Bowling Coach – Carl Crowe
- Cricket Consultant – Adam Voges
- CEO – Vinod Bisht
- Team Manager – Saumyadeep Pyne
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Mumbai Indians
- Head Coach – Mahela Jayawardene
- Batting Coach – Kieron Pollard
- Assistant Batting Coach – J Arun Kumar
- Bowling Coaches – Lasith Malinga, Paras Mhambrey
- Fielding Coach – Carl Hopkinson
- Strength and Conditioning Coach – Paul Chapman
- Trainer – Gregory King
- Team Manager – Prashant C Jangam
- Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach – Pratik Kadam
- Director of Cricket – Rahul Sanghvi
- Mentor/Icon – Sachin Tendulkar
Punjab Kings
- Head Coach – Ricky Ponting
- Batting and Wicket Keeping Coach: Brad Haddin
- Spin Bowling Coach – Sairaj Bahutule
- Fast Bowling Coach – James Hopes
- Assistant Bowling Coach – Trevor Gonslaves
- Physiotherapist – Andrew Leipus
- Assistant Physiotherapist – Abhijit Kar
- Team Manager and Scout – Vikram Hattir
- Strength and Conditioning Coach – Adrian Le Roux
- Analyst – Saurabh Walkar
Rajasthan Royals
- Head Coach and Director of Cricket – Kumar Sangakkara
- Bowling Coach – Shane Bond
- Batting Coach – Vikram Rathour
- Assistant Coach – Trevor Penney
- Performance Coach – Siddhartha Lahiri
- Head Physio – John Gloster
- Senior Physio – Craig Antony
- Assistant Physio – Niranjan Pandit
- Strength and Conditioning Coach – Varun Ghosh
- Strength and Conditioning Coach – Vihaan Murali
- Team Doctor – Dr Ameya Kagali
- Mental Performance Coach – Aaron Walsh
- Director of Analytics and Technology – Giles Lindsay
- Lead Analyst – Panish Shetty
- Team Manager – Romi Bhinder
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Director of Cricket: Mo Bobat
- Head Coach – Andy Flower
- Batting Coach and Mentor – Dinesh Karthik
- Bowling Coach – Omkar Salvi
- Head of Scouting and Fielding Coach – Malolan Rangarajan
- Assistant Coach and Fielding Lead – Richard Halsall
- Head Strength & Conditioning Coach – Basu Shanker
- Vice President & Head of RCB: Rajesh Menon
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Head Coach & Director of Cricket – Daniel Vettori
- Spin Bowling Coach & Strategic Coach – Muttiah Muralitharan
- Batting Coach – Hariesh Jaikumar
- Fast Bowling Coach – Varun Aaron
- Fielding Coach – Ryan Cook
- Assistant Coach – Simon Helmot
- Physical Trainer – Mario Villavarayan
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