Amol Muzumdar Set To Become Indian Women's Cricket Team Head Coach

03.07.2023 - 13:23 sports.ndtv.com

Domestic stalwart Amol Muzumdar is set to become the Indian women's cricket head coach after impressing the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) the most during the interviews of the short-listed candidates in Mumbai on Monday.

The CAC comprising Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik found Muzumdar's 90-minute presentation most impressive.

The others who were interviewed were former Durham coach Jon Lewis and Tushar Arothe, who had already served as India head coach before resigning in 2018.

The development comes days before the commencement of India's tour of Bangladesh. India were without a head coach since December last year when Ramesh Powar was sacked. "The CAC was most impressed with Amol's presentation who was very clear in his plans for the women's team.

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Unperturbed by the absence of a head coach for over six months, Indian women's team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana preferred to look at the silver lining, saying tips shared by a different set of coaching staff will be advantageous. Since the sacking of Ramesh Powar in December last year, the women's cricket team has been without a head coach. The side was even forced to play the T20 World Cup in February without the head of the coaching staff.

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