Lance Klusener, the former South African all-rounder, has appointed as the consultant of Delhi Ranji Trophy team for the forthcoming 2018-19 season. Along with Klusener, former Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas has been named as the head coach.
Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rajat Sharma confirmed the development and said, “Lance Klusener will be Cricket Consultant of Ranji Team of DCCA for One-day tournaments starting from 19th September ( Vijay Hazare trophy and Deodhar Trophy) and domestic T20 tournament scheduled in February 2019.”
“His role will require his services alongside the main coach and all the other coaches in the team,” Sharma added.
The 46-year old Klusener had played 49 Tests for South Africa with 1906 runs and 80 wickets in his kitty. He had four Test hundreds and best bowling performance of 8 for 64. However, it was the ODI format where he came into his own in the 171 games in which he scored 3576 runs and took 192 wickets. The highlight of his career was the 1999 World Cup where he was adjudged Player of the Tournament.
Meanwhile, the DDCA has also announced the names of the coaches for the various age group teams. Here's the complete list:
| Team | Head Coach | Batting Coach | Bowling Coach |
| Delhi U-23 | T Anand | Hitesh Jain | Robin Singh Jr |
| Delhi U-19 |
Rajeev Vinayak/ NS Negi (Asst Coach) |
- | V Aravind |
| Delhi U-16 | - | Pankaj Joshi | Arun Singh |
| Delhi U-14 | - | Pradeep Chawla | Joginder Singh |
The women's selection committee was also announced with Anjum Chopra, Jaya Sharma and Renuka Dua being the members of the senior panel.
The junior women's committee comprises Amita Sharma, Reshma Gandhi and Vandana Gupta.