Pretoria Capitals name Ganguly head coach, Pollock assistant coach in SA20

Sourav Ganguly is going to be the new head coach of Pretoria Capitals for the fourth season of SA20, starting on December 26. He will be joined by former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock, who was named the franchise's assistant coach on Monday.*

Ganguly replaces Jonathan Trott in the role, having already acted as the director of cricket for JSW Sports - the parent company of Pretoria Capitals - since last year. Pollock will take over a coaching role after a while, having been a part of the Mumbai Indians coaching staff in the IPL in the early years of the tournament. He also worked with the South Africa team as a consultant briefly.

Pretoria Capitals have had an uneven time in the tournament so far: they finished the first season at the top of the table in the group stage, before losing to Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final. In the two seasons since then - in 2023-24 and 2024-25 - they have faced more middling results, finishing in fifth position both times and failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Pretoria Capitals will be hoping that their luck turns around with the new appointments. Their first point of focus will be the player auction on September 9, where Capitals will be looking to refresh their squad.

This will be Ganguly's first time as a head coach. For four years, between 2015 and 2019, he was the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal. He joined Delhi Capitals as a mentor for the 2019 season, but left the franchise soon after to become the president of the BCCI.

In the time since then, his appointment as JSW's director of cricket last year moved him closer to a coaching role at the helm of one of their franchises, which also include Delhi Capitals in co-ownership with GMR in the IPL and WPL.

* 0900 hrs: The story was updated after SA20 issued a release about Pollock's appointment