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Sourav Ganguly takes charge as head coach: Former captain of the Indian team and former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has got a big responsibility. Sourav Ganguly has been made the head coach of a team for the first time. Prior to South Africa 20 League, Sourav Ganguly has been made the head coach of Pretoria Capitals.

Sourav Ganguly has been given this responsibility before the upcoming season 2026 of SA20. Ganguly has become the head coach of a team for the first time. This will be his first term as a head coach. Former England batsman Jonathan Trot resigned from the post of Pretoria Capitals on Saturday. After which Ganguly was appointed coach on Sunday.

Girwat in the team’s performance in Trot’s coaching

Trot was appointed head coach before the 2025 season of SA 20 but the franchisees failed to reach the knock-out with only two wins out of 10 group matches and finished fifth in the T20 league table of six teams. After which JSW has made this change.

For the first time, the responsibility of the head coach will be fulfilled

The franchise at Centurion wrote on Instagram that we are very happy to declare Sourav Ganguly as their new head coach. This will be the first time Ganguly will be the head coach of a cricket team. Between 2018 and 2019, Ganguly was the team director of the IPL team Delhi Capitals.

Ganguly is a cricket director of JSW

From 2015 to 2019, Ganguly was the President of Bengal Cricket Association. In 2019, he played a mentor with Delhi Capitals, but left the post to hold the post of President of BCCI. Ganguly was appointed as the Director of Cricket in JSW last year. Prithoria Capitals are owned by JSW Sports which is a co-owner of Delhi Capitals.

13 Indian players registered for the league

Dinesh Karthik is the first Indian player to play in South Africa 20. He played for Parl Royals. Apart from them, this time 13 other Indian players have registered themselves for this league. Which includes players like Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Kaul, Ankit Rajput, Sarul Kanwar, Anurit Singh Kathuria, Ansari Maroof, Mahesh Ahir, Nikhil Jagga, Mohammad Faid, KS Naveen, Imran Khan, Venkatesh Galipley and Atul Yadav.