As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season approaches, all ten franchises have already finalised their respective squads after filling in the spots in the mini-auction in December 2025. Moreover, several franchises also saw them make changes in their support staff, as strong leadership is crucial to lift the title.
From veteran head coaches to specialized assistant and bowling coaches, this year’s coaching list reflects a mix of experience and innovation. For example, the five-time champions in Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have Stephen Fleming as their head coach whereas Kumar Sangakkara takes the reigns as Head Coach in the RR camp. Let’s take a look at the support staff of all ten IPL franchises in the article below.
IPL 2026: Team-wise list of IPL 2026 coaching staff Chennai Super Kings Position Name Head Coach Stephen Fleming Batting Coach Michael Hussey Bowling Consultant Eric Simons Assistant Bowling Coach Sridharan Sriram Fielding Coach Rajiv Kumar Physiotherapist Tommy Simseck Trainer Gregory King Team Manager R Russell Team Doctor Dr. Madhu T Logistics Manager Sanjay Natarajan Masseur Khalil Khan Mental Skills Coach David Reid
Delhi Capitals Position Name Head Coach Hemang Badani Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao Assistant Coach Ian Bell Mentor Kevin Pietersen Bowling Coach Munaf Patel
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Position Name Head Coach Abhishek Nayar Mentor Dwayne Bravo Assistant Coach Shane Watson Bowling Coach Tim Southee Power Coach Andre Russell Physiotherapist Prasanth Panchada Assistant Physiotherapist Abhishek Ashok Sawant Massage Therapist Subhajit Das Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Donaldson Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Sagar VM Analyst Nathan Leamon Team Manager Adrian Wayne Bentley
Gujarat Titans (GT) Position Name Head Coach Ashish Nehra Batting and Assistant Coach Parthiv Patel Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki Strength & Conditioning Coach Sachin Rana Strength & Conditioning Coach Ramadoss Naresh Pefromance Analyst Sandeep Raju Team Manager Satyajit Parab
Mumbai Indians (MI) Position Name Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene Director of Cricket Rahul Sanghvi Chief Officer – Performance Data and Innovation Dhananjai CKM Head of Sports Science & Medicine Ben Langley Batting Coach Kieron Pollard Bowling Coach Lasith Malinga, Paras Mhambrey Mentor Sachin Tendulkar Fielding Coach Carl Hopkinson Assistant Batting Coach K Arunkumar Strength & Cnditioning Coach Paul Chapman Physiotherapist Craig Govender Trainer Gregory King Team Manager Prashant C Jangam Data Analyst L Varun Head Massage Therapist Amit Shah Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Pratik Kadam Assistant Physiotherapist Amit Dubey Moility and Movement Trainer Sohrab Khushrushahi Assistant Massage Therapists Vijay Kushwaha, Mayur Satpute Team Nutritionist Kinita Patel
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Position Name Head Coach Justin Langer Assistant Coach Lance Klusener, Vijay Dahiya & Rajat Bhatia Bowling Coach Bharat Arun Fielding Coach Abhay Sharma Strategic Advisor Kane Williamson
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Position Name Head Coach Ricky Ponting Batting Coach Brad Haddin Bowling Coach James Hopes Spin Bowling Coach Sairaj Bahutule Assistant Bowling Coach Trevor Gonsalves General Manager – Cricket Operations Ashish Tuli Team Manager & Scout Vikram Hastir Strength & Conditioning Coach Adrian Le Roux Physiotheraphy Consultant Andrew Leipus Assistant Physiotherapy Consultant Abhijit Kar Analyst Saurabh Walker Side Arm Thrower Prince Kumar, Durjay Bera, Vishwajeet Singh Team Masseur Naresh Kumar Assistant Masseur Arun Kumar Sports Yoga Teacher Manoj Kumar
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Position Name Head Coach Kumar Sangakkara Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara Assistant Coach Trevor Penney Lead Assistant Coach Vikram Rathour Fast Bowling Coach Shane Bond Fielding Coach Dishant Yagnik Spin Bowling Coach Sunil Joshi Director of High Performance Zubin Bharucha
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Position Name Head Coach Andy Flower Batting Coach & Mentor Dinesh Karthik Director of Cricket Mo Bobat Bowling Coach Omkar Salvi Fielding Coach & Head of Scouting Malolan Rangarajan Fielding Lead/ Assistant Coach Richard Halsall Analyst Freddie Wilde Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Basu Shanker Head Physiotherapist Evan Speechly Physiotherapist James Pipe Sports Massage Therapist Navnita Gautam Team Masseur Ramesh Mane Team Doctor Dr. Shikha Dhaundiyal Security & Integrity Manager Major Shaminder Singh Sidhu Vice President & Head of RCB Rajesh Menon Head of Marketing & Revenue Nikhil Sosale Head of Content & Digital Ajith Ramamurthy Assistant Manager Arihant Jain Support Staff/ Operation Rohit Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Position Name Head Coach & Director of Cricket Daniel Vettori Spin Bowling Coach & Strategic Coach Muttaih Muralitharan Fast Bowling Coach Varun Aaron Fielding Coach Ryan Cook Assistant Coach Simon Helmot Physiotherapist Theo Kapakoulakis Physical Trainer Mario Villavarayan Team Manager Vijay Kumar General Manager Srinath Bhashyam CEO Shanmugam
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