IPL 2025 Rahul Dravid Rajasthan Royals Head Coach: IPL 2025,I will give coaching to Rajasthan Royals
IPL 2025: Former Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid is set to return as the head coach of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025. The former Indian coach has previously captained and mentored Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Ankush Pandey
Former Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid has got a big responsibility in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He has become the head coach of Rajasthan Royals (RR) ahead of the 2025 season of IPL. Keep in mind that Rahul Dravid was the head coach of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup in June this year.
According to a report by 'ESPNcricinfo', Dravid has recently signed a deal with the franchise. He has held initial talks about retaining players ahead of the upcoming mega auction. Dravid has had a long working relationship with Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson since the Under-19 era.
Dravid has a long history with Rajasthan Royals. He was their captain in IPL 2012 and 2013 and worked as team director and mentor in the 2014 and 2015 IPL seasons. In 2016, Dravid moved to Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals).
In 2019, Rahul Dravid got the responsibility of the head of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. In the year 2021, he was appointed as the head coach of the Indian cricket team. In his three-year coaching tenure, Dravid led the Indian team to the WTC finals 2021 and 2023, ODI World Cup 2023 final. On 29 June 2024, under his coaching, Team India became the champion in the T20 World Cup.
Vikram Rathod will also return
The Cricinfo report also claimed that Rajasthan Royals could appoint former India batsman Vikram Rathod as Dravid's assistant coach. Former India selector Rathod was part of Dravid's coaching staff at the NCA before becoming India's batting coach in 2019.
The report said that Dravid will take over the coaching of Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. At the same time, Kumar Sangakkara, who has been the team's Director of Cricket since 2021, will remain with the franchise and will look after their teams in other leagues. These include Paarl Royals in SA20 and Barbados Royals in CPL.
Rajasthan is waiting for the IPL title since 2008
Rajasthan Royals have not been able to win the title of this league since the opening season of IPL in 2008. In 2022, the team was runner-up under the captaincy of Sanju Samson, that season was won by Gujarat Titans. In 2023, the Rajasthan team failed to make it to the playoffs, despite a great start to the season, the team was at fifth place in the points table. At the same time, in 2024, the Rajasthan team was eliminated in Qualifier 2.
