Zubin Bharucha

Zubin Minoo Bharucha (born 8 January 1970) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bombay and Surrey County Cricket Club. He worked as team director for the Rajasthan Royals from 2008 to 2015, technical director for the Delhi Daredevils from 2016 to 2017, and as the Royals' director of cricket operations from 2018 to 2025/26.

Life and career A right-handed opening batsman, Bharucha first played as an overseas player for the Reigate Priory Cricket Club in England as an 18-year-old and represented the club for several years. He appeared in 17 first-class and 11 List A matches, playing for Bombay, and scored a hundred on his first-class debut in November 1992. He was part of the Bombay team in its 1993–94 Ranji Trophy victory. In the 1994–95 Irani Cup match for Bombay against Rest of India, Bharucha scored his career-best unbeaten 164 and helped his team win the trophy. He also represented India Youth XI and Surrey.

Bharucha runs the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai where many Test cricketers have trained. He helped Yuvraj Singh on his footwork in the late-2000s During his stint with the Royals, he made technical analysis of players based on video footage collected from around the world, and scouted for talented Indian cricketers. During the Royals' two-year suspension in 2016–17, he worked as technical director for the Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals). He returned to the Royals as Head of Cricket Operations in 2018.

he had departed the Royals, while continuing to be linked to several Royals-associated players as a personal mentor and batting coach, including Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.