NEW DELHI: Home stalwart Amol Muzumdar is about to tackle the position of head coach of the Indian girls’s cricket group. Muzumdar was among the many short-listed candidates who had been interviewed by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) in Mumbai on Monday.
The CAC comprising Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik had been most impressed with Muzumdar’s 90-minute presentation in the course of the interview.
The others who had been interviewed by the CAC had been former Durham coach Jon Lewis and Tushar Arothe, who had already served as India head coach earlier than resigning in 2018.
The event comes days earlier than the graduation of India’s tour of Bangladesh. India had been with out a head coach since December final 12 months when Ramesh Powar was sacked.
“The CAC was most impressed with Amol’s presentation who was very clear in his plans for the ladies’s group. The opposite displays had been good too however his was by far the most effective. He’ll most certainly be really useful for the job,” a BCCI official informed PTI.
Muzumdar, who was most lately the pinnacle coach of Mumbai Ranji facet and has had stints with IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals and South African nationwide group, was the one one who appeared for the interview in particular person.
Muzumdar’s first project would be the tour of Bangladesh, starting July 9. India will play three T20s and as many ODIs in Mirpur.
The Indian girls’s group, which has typically misplaced high-stake video games from successful place within the final 5 years, is but to win a world title.
Muzumdar, who’s prone to get a two-year contract, will probably be anticipated to information the group to an elusive ICC title in Bangladesh subsequent 12 months when the T20 World Cup will probably be performed in September-October.
Contemplating India’s incapability to shut out knock-out video games, most lately within the T20 World Cup semifinal towards Australia earlier this 12 months, the brand new head coach’s space of focus will probably be to enhance the bodily health of the gamers in addition to engaged on their psychological toughness.
“Health is a significant space of enchancment for the ladies’s cricket group. Among the gamers within the nationwide facet really want to work on their health. Muzumdar additionally highlighted the necessity to have a full fledged help workers, together with a psychological coach.
“He’s absolutely conscious of what this group must get to the subsequent degree,” the Board official added.
The following two girls’s ICC occasions are within the sub-continent — Bangladesh and India, and that additionally has gone in Muzumdar’s favour.
India will host girls’s ODI World Cup in September 2025.
“Communication will not be an issue with an Indian coach and he additionally has a wealthy expertise of enjoying within the sub-continent circumstances.”
The CAC comprising Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik had been most impressed with Muzumdar’s 90-minute presentation in the course of the interview.
The others who had been interviewed by the CAC had been former Durham coach Jon Lewis and Tushar Arothe, who had already served as India head coach earlier than resigning in 2018.
The event comes days earlier than the graduation of India’s tour of Bangladesh. India had been with out a head coach since December final 12 months when Ramesh Powar was sacked.
“The CAC was most impressed with Amol’s presentation who was very clear in his plans for the ladies’s group. The opposite displays had been good too however his was by far the most effective. He’ll most certainly be really useful for the job,” a BCCI official informed PTI.
Muzumdar, who was most lately the pinnacle coach of Mumbai Ranji facet and has had stints with IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals and South African nationwide group, was the one one who appeared for the interview in particular person.
Muzumdar’s first project would be the tour of Bangladesh, starting July 9. India will play three T20s and as many ODIs in Mirpur.
The Indian girls’s group, which has typically misplaced high-stake video games from successful place within the final 5 years, is but to win a world title.
Muzumdar, who’s prone to get a two-year contract, will probably be anticipated to information the group to an elusive ICC title in Bangladesh subsequent 12 months when the T20 World Cup will probably be performed in September-October.
Contemplating India’s incapability to shut out knock-out video games, most lately within the T20 World Cup semifinal towards Australia earlier this 12 months, the brand new head coach’s space of focus will probably be to enhance the bodily health of the gamers in addition to engaged on their psychological toughness.
“Health is a significant space of enchancment for the ladies’s cricket group. Among the gamers within the nationwide facet really want to work on their health. Muzumdar additionally highlighted the necessity to have a full fledged help workers, together with a psychological coach.
“He’s absolutely conscious of what this group must get to the subsequent degree,” the Board official added.
The following two girls’s ICC occasions are within the sub-continent — Bangladesh and India, and that additionally has gone in Muzumdar’s favour.
India will host girls’s ODI World Cup in September 2025.
“Communication will not be an issue with an Indian coach and he additionally has a wealthy expertise of enjoying within the sub-continent circumstances.”
Muzumdar amassed greater than 11,167 runs in first-class cricket however regardless of piling on the runs, he might by no means make it to the Indian group.
(With inputs from PTI)
