Katich named head coach of Mumbai Indians' Cape Town team
MUMBAI : Mumbai Indians said on Thursday that former Australia batter Simon Katich has been named the head coach of their Cape Town franchise in the new T20 league in South Africa.
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Australian Great, South Africa Batting Legend Roped In For MI Cape Town Coaching Roles
With the emergence of South Africa's T20 League, Mumbai Indians based franchise MI Cape Town is all set to put their best foot forward in the inaugural edition. Recently, Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene and former India pacer Zaheer Khan were appointed as Global Head of Performance and Global Head of Cricket Development, respectively, due to the expansion of the franchise to the SA20 league and the UAE T20 league. Following this, former Australia batsman Simon Katich has been appointed as the head coach of MI Cape Town while South African legend Hashim Amla has been made the batting coach of the team.
MI Cape Town appoint Simon Katich as head coach; Hashim Amla to be batting coach
Simon Katich was on Thursday named chief coach of the MI Cape Town while South African batting great Hashim Amla will be at the helm of the side's batting unit, the franchise announced ahead of the inaugural South Africa T20 League. Joining Katich and Amla will be former New Zealand and Mumbai Indians batter James Pamment as the team's fielding coach and another former South African cricketer, Robin Peterson, as general manager. "It is an absolute honour to be offered the position of head coach for MI Cape Town.
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