Former Delhi Capitals skipper Gautam Gambhir has a dream of owning an Indian Premier League (IPL) team, but he will have to wait for a while as his interest to be a partner as an owner of the team of the Delhi franchise has failed to materialize as of now.

Gambhir was said to have been eyeing a 10 percent stake in the team which is jointly owned by GMR Group and JSW Sports. Speaking to IANS, a DC official confirmed that while talks were on, the partnership will not be happening in the near future. 

The official said, “Not happening as of now. There were talks of him coming on board and there were talks if you ask me honestly, but not happening this season 99.9 percent. If it does happen later then that is a different story, but don’t see it happening ahead of the 2020 season.”

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Interestingly, the rumors of Gambhir being teh mentor were making rounds, the position left vacant after former mentor Sourav Ganguly stepped down to take over as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President.

Clarifying about the same, the official said, “We are not really looking at a mentor as of now. We have a strong unit in coach Ricky Ponting and the rest of the support staff. Also, we don’t really know if Gambhir can come on board as he also is an MP. Technically on paper, there would be no conflict. There are certain people waiting to shoot a mail to the Ombudsman for every possible thing to get some mileage out of it.”

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Delhi Capitals have seen a complete change in fortune since JSW bought a 50 percent stake in the team for ₹550 crores in 2019. Not only did they change the team name from Delhi Daredevils, but also roped in Ganguly as mentor and Ponting as a coach. The result was there for them as they qualified for the knockouts for the first time since 2012.