At the same time, Venugopal Rao, who played for the Delhi Capitals franchise (then Delhi Daredevils) from 2011 to 2013, has been appointed by DC as the Director of Cricket. Badani and Venugopal will also oversee the rest of the support staff. Both have previously played together for MRF in the Chennai League. He has also been involved with the franchise's subsidiaries (Dubai Capitals in ILT20 and Seattle Orcas in MLC).

According to Cricbuzz, the management believes that Badani and Rao are capable of taking the Capitals to new heights and replacing Ricky Ponting. It is also believed that the top brass have taken a conscious decision not to go ahead with major names so as not to burden the coaching staff and players with less media presence.

While Badani has played four Tests and 40 ODIs for the country, Rao has played only 16 ODIs for India. While Badani has only represented Chennai Super Kings for one season, Rao has also played for Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad apart from his stint with the Delhi-based franchise. Meanwhile, top wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant, who has been playing for the Capitals since making his debut in 2016, recently made a tweet on Ax which created quite a stir in the cricket community regarding his future with the franchise. Gave.