Rajkumar Sharma Named DDCA State Mentor

Overview

• DDCA confirmed on October 3, 2026 that Rajkumar Sharma will serve as State Mentor for Delhi cricket with a brief to provide technical guidance and strategic direction across age groups.
• Sharma is a Dronacharya awardee and is widely known as Virat Kohli’s childhood coach, and DDCA officials said his long record in Delhi coaching was a key reason for the hire.
• The appointment was announced as part of a wider late‑September restructure of DDCA coaching and support staff that reinstated Vijay Dahiya as senior men's coach and named KP Bhaskar chair of the senior men's selectors.
• Sharma said he will be accessible to players of all ages and genders, will push for transparent selection processes, and will seek to address players’ financial and developmental needs.
• DDCA and observers say the new mentor-and-coach structure aims to sharpen talent identification from grassroots to senior teams and that its operational impact on Ranji and other domestic selections will become clear once the 2026–27 season gets under way.