New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Capitals announced on Thursday the appointment of former Ireland all-rounder John Mooney as their fielding coach for the IPL, which begins on March 28.
The 44-year-old, who became the first Irish cricketer to be part of an IPL franchise's coaching staff, will join head coach Hemang Badani, Munaf Patel (bowling coach), Ian Bell (assistant coach), and Venugopal Rao (director of cricket).
Mooney was the fielding coach for Afghanistan from 2018-2019 and was part of their historic Test debut in India.
He also worked with the West Indies in 2019 and had a brief stint with the Ireland women's side last year.
A left-handed batter and right-arm pacer, Mooney represented Ireland in 64 ODIs and 27 T20Is between 2006 and 2015. He played in three ODI World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015) and two T20 World Cups (2009 and 2010) before retiring in 2015.
Delhi Capitals finished fifth last season, missing the playoff spot.