IPL: 3 Coaches Who Have Won Multiple Titles

The role of a coach is immense in IPL and they have been very influential in taking the right decisions as well as supporting the captain in need. Each franchise is entitled to have a bowling coach, a batting coach, a fielding coach, and the head coach who takes care of all the departments.

The coach communicates with every support staff and hence plays a very important role in guiding a franchise. IPL Coaches have a lot more responsibility as the message from the coach passes on to the players from time to time through the strategic time-outs. With the IPL set to get underway in three days’ time, here are 3 coaches who have won multiple titles in IPL history.

3 Coaches Who Have Won Multiple Titles:

Mahela Jayawardene:

Mahela Jayawardene took over the role of head coach from Ricky Ponting in the IPL 2017 and the Srilankan has been outstanding so far. He had a mega auction coming up in 2018, but built the best team despite it and has been reaping the rewards for sticking with their stars. Mumbai Indians have been the most successful team in the IPL and have already five IPL titles.

Under Jayawardene, Mumbai went on to win their first IPL in 2017, in 2019, and in 2020 and 2018 has been the only year, which Mumbai haven’t won an IPL under Mahela Jayawardene. Such has been his influence on the team, and his calmness has helped captain Rohit Sharma in the field too. Jayawardene is set to continue as the head coach of Mumbai Indians and he will be looking to take his trophy tally more than three.

Stephen Fleming:

The New Zealand legend was part of the CSK franchise in the 2008 and 2009 editions and took over as the head coach of the franchise once he retired from the IPL. The elegant left-hander has formed an excellent coach-captain partnership with MS Dhoni and they have taken the franchise to greater heights. CSK has three IPL titles so far and all the three have been under MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming.

Fleming has a lot of trust in Dhoni’s captaincy and backs him to take the crucial decisions. CSK is looking for their fourth title this year in the upcoming edition and Fleming has a lot of work to be done ahead of the mega auction next year. CSK doesn’t have a lot of youngsters which might not be the right option going forward and Fleming will be keen to make changes to it.

Trevor Bayliss:

Trevor Bayliss took over as the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders and had an immediate impact by winning the first IPL trophy for them in 2012. Gautam Gambhir was the captain of the side that won in 2012 and it continued into the 2014 season when they won the trophy for the second time. Bayliss had an excellent stint in the tournament with Kolkata Knight Riders and won two titles for them overall.

He could not take Kolkata to the playoffs in the 2015 edition and the responsibility was assigned to Jacques Kallis for the next two years. The current coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Brendon McCullum who was part of the KKR in the first three seasons.

Trevor Bayliss was the coach of the England team that won in the 2019 World cup and he is currently working as the head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad for the upcoming edition.