Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra turned the primary Indian to clinch an IPL trophy and broke the 14-year-old document that had been set to this point within the match historical past. Proper from the inaugural version, the worldwide coaches like Shane Warne, Darren Lehmann, Ricky Ponting, Trevor Bayliss, Tom Moody, Stephen Fleming, John Wright, and Mahela Jayawardene have all managed to win the title for varied IPL franchises.
Among the many names, New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming has essentially the most titles with 4 to his title to this point and all have come for the Chennai Tremendous Kings within the match. Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene is second with three titles for the Mumbai Indians and there hasn’t been an Indian on the record to this point. Nonetheless, Nehra broke the jinx with the Gujarat Titans occurring to win their maiden IPL title of their very first season.
Ashish Nehra joins the elite record of cricketers who’ve received an IPL title as a participant and head coach
Additionally, Nehra has joined an elite record of cricketers who’ve received IPL trophies each as a participant and a head coach. Ponting, Lehmann, and Warne have been the opposite three to take action, and Nehra has change into the fourth introduction to the record. The left-arm seamer received an IPL title as a participant for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 underneath David Warner’s captaincy.
Nehra achieved the feat on the again of a superb season for the Titans this yr who have been as much as the duty with each and ball all through IPL 2022. Nehra’s insights into Hardik Pandya performed a key half in profitable the match and it was among the finest player-head coach duos by way of relationship and workforce bonding.
Pandya not too long ago hailed Nehra for bringing the very best out of him and likewise for permitting the gamers to specific themselves within the dugout forward of the finals on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
| Yr | Group | Head Coach | Nationality |
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals | Shane Warne | Australia |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | Darren Lehmann | Australia |
| 2010 | Chennai Tremendous Kings | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand |
| 2011 | Chennai Tremendous Kings | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand |
| 2012 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Trevor Bayliss | Australia |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | John Wright | New Zealand |
| 2014 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Trevor Bayliss | Australia |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | Ricky Ponting | Australia |
| 2016 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Tom Moody | Australia |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
| 2018 | Chennai Tremendous Kings | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand |
| 2019 | Mumbai Indians | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
| 2021 | Chennai Tremendous Kings | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand |
| 2022 | Gujarat Titans | Ashish Nehra | India |
