MUMBAI: After having fun with a nine-year lengthy stint as an assistant coach, former India batsman-turned coach Pravin Amre is ready to half methods with the Delhi Capitals, TOI has learnt.
DC have utterly revamped their teaching employees not too long ago, with Hemang Badani taking cost as the top coach for the upcoming two seasons. Moreover, Badani’s former India teammate, Venugopal Rao has been named because the group’s director of cricket.
“In Amre’s case, his parting with DC is mutual, because the franchise homeowners have at all times preferred the laborious work he has put in in constructing Gen-next gamers for the group.His four-year contract with the franchise has come to an finish. GMR, who’re imagined to run the group for the following two years, may nonetheless give him a brand new function within the recent set-up, but it surely’s unlikely to be a direct function with the Delhi Capitals, because it was earlier,” a dependable supply informed TOI.
Amre joined the Delhi Capitals’ in 2015 as an assistant coach, whereas doubling up as a home expertise scout, and remained in that function since 2019. Within the 2020 IPL, he was with the Mumbai Indians, however in 2021, he joined again DC.
Whereas the Delhi Capitals are but to clinch the IPL title, Amre may be credited for introducing a number of India gamers within the DC set-up throughout his lengthy stint as a part of the group’s help employees.
“He was instrumental in getting Shreyas Iyer to DC in 2015, after which the likes of Rishabh Pant, Khaleel Ahmed and Prithvi Shaw all had been beneficial extremely by him. He was mainly the principle hyperlink between the home gamers and DC’s earlier head coach-Ricky Ponting. He helped the Indian gamers discover their ft on the earth of IPL, serving to them develop quick,” a supply stated.
Since July 2023, the 56-year-old Mumbaikar has been the top coach for Seattle Orcas in Main League Cricket within the USA. Previously, the 56-year-old Amre has thrice coached Mumbai to the Ranji Trophy title, and has been the India A coach and India Beneath-19 chief selector too.
