Before IPL 2027, Delhi Capitals appointed former Indian cricket legend Sourav Ganguly as head coach. With the arrival of Ganguly, major changes are taking place in the Delhi Capitals team for the next IPL season. Recently Yuvraj Singh was made the batting coach and now former Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been appointed as the new fast bowling coach. 52 year old Chaminda Vaas will replace Munaf Patel on this post. Delhi franchise has given this information through its social media platform.
Chaminda Vaas has won IPL with Deccan Chargers
Chaminda Vaas is counted among the best left arm fast bowlers in the world. He was a part of the Deccan Chargers team in the initial years of IPL (2008 to 2010) and took 18 wickets in 13 matches. He was part of the same Deccan Chargers team captained by Adam Gilchrist, which won the title for the first time by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the second season of IPL played in South Africa in 2009.
Chaminda Vaas took 761 wickets in international cricket
In his 15-year long international career between 1994 and 2009, Chaminda Vaas played a total of 111 Tests, 322 ODIs and 6 T20 matches for Sri Lanka. During this period, he showed amazing bowling skills and took 355 wickets in Test, 400 in ODI and 6 wickets in T-20. He has 761 wickets in his name in international cricket. Along with this, he also contributed in batting and scored 3089 runs in Test and 2025 runs in ODI. He also has a brilliant century and 13 half-centuries to his name in Test cricket.
Chaminda Vaas will coach in IPL for the first time
Chaminda Vaas has a lot of coaching experience. Before this, he has also worked as a coach with the Sri Lankan national team. However, this is his first coaching assignment with Delhi Capitals in IPL. He has held this responsibility with three different teams so far in his coaching career. Vaas first started coaching with a short contract with the New Zealand team. After this, he again joined the Sri Lankan team from 2013 to 2015. Then he was made the bowling coach of Ireland for the 2016 T-20 World Cup. He was the head coach of the Kandy Royals team in the 2026 Lanka Premier League (LPL).
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