Ricky Ponting Appointed Head Coach of Punjab Kings: Punjab Kings has appointed Australian legend Ricky Ponting as the new head coach for IPL 2025. Ponting will now replace Trevor Bayliss, who had been the coach of Punjab for the last several years. Talking about Ponting, he resigned from the post of head coach of Delhi Capitals about 2 months ago. Now he has signed a 4-year deal with the Punjab Kings franchise, which will end in 2028.
There are speculations that the entire control of the coaching and support staff of Punjab Kings can be given to Ricky Ponting. But it is not yet clear what decision will be taken on the old coaching staff. The old coaching staff of Punjab included Trevor Bayliss (Head Coach), Sanjay Bangar (Head of Cricket Development), Charl Langeveldt (fast bowling coach) and Sunil Joshi (spin bowling coach). It is also worth noting that Punjab has changed 6 coaches in the last 7 seasons.
The title drought has been going on for 17 years
Talking about the last season of Punjab Kings, this team played 14 matches in the league stage and was able to win only on five occasions. Punjab finished second from bottom in the points table. Punjab has a long history of getting out of the title race after coming close to the playoffs. 17 seasons of the Indian Premier League have passed, but this team’s title drought is not coming to an end. Now the responsibility will be on Ricky Ponting to make Punjab the IPL champion for the first time.
