By Admin 
Former captain of the Indian cricket team and former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has made a new beginning in the cricket world. After a long wait, he has now stepped into the role of coaching. Recently, he told the Indian team about the desire to coach. Now Ganguly has been appointed as the head coach of Pretoria Capitals for the upcoming season of South Africa T20 League SA20.
Become the head coach of a team for the first time
This is the first time of Ganguly’s career when he will play a full time head coach with a professional franchise team. Pretoria Capitals announced this big decision through social media posts and welcomed him in the team, saying ‘Prince of Kolkata’. He wrote, “We are happy to announce Sourav Ganguly as their team’s new head coach.”
Trot was the head coach before Ganguly
Earlier, former England batsman Jonathan Trot took over the responsibility of Pretoria Capitals. Ganguly’s appointment was a day after the trot left the post. The team’s performance was very disappointing while being a coach as a coach last season. In such a situation, now hopes are tied to Ganguly that he will give a new direction to the team.
Captain from administrator and now coach
Sourav Ganguly’s cricket career has also been quite excellent. In the era of captaincy, he gave a new identity to the Indian team. Despite being the BCCI president, he took Indian cricket to new heights with many big decisions. Recently he was playing the role of a cricket director of Delhi Capitals in IPL and WPL. Now this new innings matters as a head coach.
Big challenge in front of the team
The next season of SA20 will be played from 26 December 2025 to 25 January 2026. Pretoria Capitals traveled to the final in the first season, but their performance in 2025 was very poor. Now the biggest challenge in front of Ganguly will be to bring the team back into the title race.