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After coaching the IPL team Mumbai Indians for two years, Ricky Ponting has now been appointed as the head coach for Delhi Daredevils.

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Delhi Daredevils appoint Ricky Ponting as coach

Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Daredevils have appointed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting as the new head coach. (BCCL/Syed Asif)

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The announcement was made on January 4, 2018 by Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua on Twitter. (BCCL/Chethan Shivakumar)

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The 43-year-old has earlier coached Mumbai Indians for two seasons in 2015 (when they won the title) & 2016. (Getty Images)

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Apart from coaching role, Ponting has played in the cash-rich T20 tournament for Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. (BCCL/KK Choudhary)

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There have been several reports of Ponting in talks to take over as the T20I coach of Australian cricket team. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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He will be assisting the current head coach Darren Lehman in Australia's T20 tri-series against England and New Zealand in February. (BCCL/Syed Asif)

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Ponting, a legend of the game, played 168 Tests, scoring 13378 runs at 51.85. (BCCL/Samik Sen)

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In ODIs, he clocked 375 appearances in which he scored 13704 runs at 42.03 apart from 401 runs in 17 T20Is. (BCCL/Chethan Shivakumar)

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Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Chris Morris were retained by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the IPL auctions to be held on January 27-28. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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DD CEO Hemant Dua said: "Ricky Ponting has been appointed as head coach and we are going with the idea of having continuity. We have retained two youngsters and the whole team will be built around them. Chris Morris is a top all-rounder." (BCCL/Samik Sen)

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