India women's head coach to be picked on June 30; Ajit Agarkar frontrunner for men's selector's post
1 year, 5 months ago

India women's head coach to be picked on June 30; Ajit Agarkar frontrunner for men's selector's post

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The shortlist for the Indian women team’s head coach job includes Amol Muzumdar and Tushar Arothe, who are among those to be interviewed on June 30. While Arothe has coached the Indian team in the past, Muzumdar, who is also in talks to become Baroda coach, has had stints with IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals and the South African national team. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led India, guilty of throwing away knockout games from winning positions in multi-team events over the past five years, has been without a head coach since Ramesh Powar was sacked in December. Ajit Agarkar frontrunner for chief selector’s post After picking the head coach for the women’s team on Friday, the CAC is likely to appoint the chief selector for the Indian men’s team - a post that has been vacant since Chetan Sharma’s unceremonious exit in February.

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Who will be Indian cricket team's next head coach? Rumours and chaos unleashed as search continues
1 year ago

Who will be Indian cricket team's next head coach? Rumours and chaos unleashed as search continues

Firstpost  

Rahul Dravid’s tenure as Team India’s head coach ended with the Cricket World Cup and the search for the next coach has resulted in rumours and chaos. Head coach Rahul Dravid’s tenure came to an end with World Cup 2023 and Team India is now without a head coach as they take on Australia in the ongoing T20I series at …

Amol Muzumdar appointed as head coach of the Indian women’s team
1 year, 1 month ago

Amol Muzumdar appointed as head coach of the Indian women’s team

The Hindu  

Amol Muzumdar, the domestic stalwart-turned-coach, has been appointed as the head coach of India women’s cricket team. Together with the coaching and support staff, we will look to tick every box and give ourselves the best chance to succeed.” 🚨 NEWS 🚨 Mr Amol Muzumdar Appointed as Head Coach - Team India. Details 🔽https://t.co/6y0TiQ2prF — BCCI Women October 25, 2023 …

BCCI appoints Amol Muzumdar as India Women’s Senior Team head coach
1 year, 1 month ago

BCCI appoints Amol Muzumdar as India Women’s Senior Team head coach

The Hindu  

Amol Muzumdar, the domestic stalwart-turned-coach, has been appointed as the head coach of India Women’s cricket team. Despite the Cricket Advisory Committee completing the process almost six months ago, the Board of Control for Cricket in India formally announced Muzumdar’s appointment on Wednesday. Together with the coaching and support staff, we will look to tick every box and give ourselves …

BCCI invites applications for bowling and fielding coaches for Indian women's team
1 year, 4 months ago

BCCI invites applications for bowling and fielding coaches for Indian women's team

India TV News  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has invited applications regarding the appointment of bowling and fielding coaches for the Indian women's cricket team. BCCI has officially put forward the As per a statement issued by the BCCI secretary Jay Shah, the candidates will be offered two-year contracts and must have represented India or any other country at the …

'Agarkar can ask that question to Rohit. He has the right': Ex-India star digs out controversial 'Ashwin' decision
1 year, 5 months ago

'Agarkar can ask that question to Rohit. He has the right': Ex-India star digs out controversial 'Ashwin' decision

Hindustan Times  

Earlier this week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed the appointment of former India all-rounder Ajit Agarkar as chief selector of the senior men's selection committee. Ajit Agarkar was named the chairman of BCCI men's senior selection committee earlier this week Almost immediately following Agarkar's appointment, the BCCI announced India's squad for the T20I series against West …

BCCI appoints Ajit Agarkar as Chairman of Selection Committee
1 year, 5 months ago

BCCI appoints Ajit Agarkar as Chairman of Selection Committee

The Hindu  

Former India all-rounder Ajit Agarkar has been appointed the chairman of the senior men’s selection committee. According to a statement issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah, the CAC recommended the 45-year-old Agarkar as the chairman of the committee “based on seniority.” Agarkar, a former India international, has featured in 26 Tests, 191 ODIs …

Ajit Agarkar appointed Chairman of Selection Committee for Indian Men's Senior Team
1 year, 5 months ago

Ajit Agarkar appointed Chairman of Selection Committee for Indian Men's Senior Team

India TV News  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former Indian International Ajit Agarkar as the chairman of selectors of India's senior cricket team. The appointment comes after the Cricket Advisory Committee unanimously recommended Agarkar for the top post in the selection panel. "The Cricket Advisory Committee, consisting of Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Ashok Malhotra, …

Ajit Agarkar named India's chairman of selectors for men's cricket team
1 year, 5 months ago

Ajit Agarkar named India's chairman of selectors for men's cricket team

India Today  

Former India fast-bowling all-rounder Ajit Agarkar has been appointed as the chairman of selectors for India's men's cricket team. The Cricket Advisory Committee, consisting of Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Ashok Malhotra, and Mr Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men's Selection Committee. Sharma's exit from the national selection committee came after a sting operation …

Amol Muzumdar set to become Indian women’s cricket team head coach
1 year, 5 months ago

Amol Muzumdar set to become Indian women’s cricket team head coach

The Hindu  

Amol Muzumdar is set to be the head coach of India’s women’s cricket team for the next two years. After Ramesh Powar was transferred to the National Cricket Academy last December, the India women’s team has been without a head coach. Though Hrishikesh Kanitkar stepped in as batting coach for the home series against Australia and the T20 World Cup, …

Ajit Agarkar front-runner to become chief selector
1 year, 5 months ago

Ajit Agarkar front-runner to become chief selector

Hindustan Times  

Inaugural T20 World Cup winner and the bowling hero of the 2003 Adelaide Test match, Ajit Agarkar, is set to become Indian men's cricket’s new chairman of selectors. The chief selector’s chair has been lying vacant since February following Chetan Sharma's resignation after a sting operation by a TV channel caught him indulging in loose talk against top Indian cricketers. …

Agarkar quits DC after throwing his hat in BCCI selection ring
1 year, 5 months ago

Agarkar quits DC after throwing his hat in BCCI selection ring

The Hindu  

Ajit Agarkar, who is the frontrunner for the Indian chief selector’s job, on Thursday relinquished his assistant coach’s post in the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals. Agarkar, as an assistant coach with DC and as a commentator, earns way more than the current annual package of chief selector and hence, the BCCI will have to review the existing pay …

Amol Muzumdar, Tushar Arother, Jon Lewis In Shortlist For India Women Head Coach
1 year, 5 months ago

Amol Muzumdar, Tushar Arother, Jon Lewis In Shortlist For India Women Head Coach

ABP News  

Even though an official confirmation regarading the women's head coach's appointment is still awaited, it is being reported that Amol Muzumdar, Tushar Arothe and Jon Lewis find themselves in the five-player shortlist of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The same report has claims that the three members of the CAC are likely to have a look at …

Ajit Agarkar frontrunner to become men's chief selector; Indian women's head coach to be picked on June 30
1 year, 5 months ago

Ajit Agarkar frontrunner to become men's chief selector; Indian women's head coach to be picked on June 30

India TV News  

The Board of Cricket for Control in India has been on the hunt for a chief of selectors for the men's team since February 2023 when the erstwhile panel member Chetan Sharma resigned after the sting operation controversy earlier this year. Indian women's head coach to be elected on June 30 Apart from finding the chief selector for the men's …

Months after Chetan Sharma's exit, BCCI invites new applications for vacant national selector’s job ahead of WI tour
1 year, 6 months ago

Months after Chetan Sharma's exit, BCCI invites new applications for vacant national selector’s job ahead of WI tour

Hindustan Times  

With Team India all set to enter the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to invite fresh applications for the post of national selector on Wednesday. Four months after Chetan Sharma's unceremonious exit, the apex cricket board has posted an opening for one member of the Men’s Selection …

BCCI to appoint Women’s coach ahead of Bangladesh tour: Jay Shah
1 year, 6 months ago

BCCI to appoint Women’s coach ahead of Bangladesh tour: Jay Shah

The Hindu  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India plans to appoint a new coach for the India women’s team ahead of the tour of Bangladesh next month. We may have a new women’s team head coach before the Bangladesh series,” Shah said on Saturday on the sidelines of the Board’s Special General Meeting. Earlier this month, the BCCI had invited …

Chetan Sharma likely to continue as chief selector
1 year, 11 months ago

Chetan Sharma likely to continue as chief selector

Hindustan Times  

A total of 12 applicants were called for interviews for the post of national cricket selectors and Chetan Sharma, it emerges, is likely to continue as the chairman of the selection committee. Former Test opener Shiv Sundar Das and domestic batting stalwart from Tamil Nadu Sridharan Sharath are the others likely to be appointed in the panel. For the fifth …

IND vs SL: Who will be India's next Chief Selector? Decision might be announced on 'THIS' day
1 year, 11 months ago

IND vs SL: Who will be India's next Chief Selector? Decision might be announced on 'THIS' day

India TV News  

IND vs SL: The India vs Sri Lanka series is all set to start on January 3, 2022, but before that there is loads to address for the BCCI. India suffered a massive heartbreak at the hands of England in the T20 World Cup and post that, the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee was immediately sacked. It is pretty strange, but …

BCCI appoints former India all-rounder as batting coach of women's team, Ramesh Powar assigned new role with VVS Laxman
2 years ago

BCCI appoints former India all-rounder as batting coach of women's team, Ramesh Powar assigned new role with VVS Laxman

Hindustan Times  

When India women take on Australia in a five-match T20I series later this week, it will have a new support staff member in Hrishikesh Kanitkar. The former India all-rounder, who was recently with the Indian men's team in New Zealand, has been appointed the new batting coach of the women's team, the BCCI announced on Tuesday. Ramesh Powar and Hrishikesh …

Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee emerge as front runners for national selectors’ role
2 years ago

Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee emerge as front runners for national selectors’ role

The Hindu  

The deadline for submitting applications for all the five members of the national selection committee expired on Monday evening. Among the prominent names who have applied for the posts are former Test cricketers Maninder Singh, Nayan Mongia, Shiv Sundar Das, Rajesh Chauhan and Sameer Dighe. Contrary to various reports, former India wicketkeepers Deep Dasgupta and Vijay Dahiya, all-rounder Laxmi Ratan …

Ramesh Powar’s term as India women’s head coach ends; NCA head VVS Laxman may play bigger role
2 years, 8 months ago

Ramesh Powar’s term as India women’s head coach ends; NCA head VVS Laxman may play bigger role

Firstpost  

Indian women’s team head coach Powar’s contract has expired at the conclusion of the side’s campaign in the ICC World Cup and he might have to reapply for the post as per BCCI rules. New Delhi: Indian women’s team head coach Ramesh Powar’s contract has expired at the conclusion of the side’s campaign in the ICC World Cup and he …

Rahul Dravid formally applies for head coach’s post
3 years, 1 month ago

Rahul Dravid formally applies for head coach’s post

The Hindu  

Celebrated former captain Rahul Dravid is all but certain to to be the Indian cricket team’s next head coach after he formally applied for the high-profile position on Tuesday. With Dravid, the current head of National Cricket Academy applying, the job for the Cricket Advisory Committee becomes easier as there aren’t any big names in fray who can match the …

Indian women's cricket team fielding coach, trainer set to be replaced
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian women's cricket team fielding coach, trainer set to be replaced

The Hindu  

India women's cricket team fielding coach Abhay Sharma, who was praised by the players for his work on the UK tour, has not entered the bio-bubble in Bengaluru ahead of the Australia tour and is set to be replaced. From the UK tour, former India opener S.S. Das has retained his position as batting coach while head coach Ramesh Powar …

Wasim Jaffer appointed as chief coach of Odisha senior team
3 years, 5 months ago

Wasim Jaffer appointed as chief coach of Odisha senior team

India TV News  

Former Test opener and domestic doyen Wasim Jaffer on Wednesday was appointed as the chief coach of the Odisha senior side for the upcoming domestic season. The decision was taken following a meeting of OCA's Cricket Advisory Committee as Jaffer would replace former state captain Rashmi Ranjan Parida, who was at the helm for two seasons. "Besides development of cricket …

Outgoing India women’s coach WV Raman fires mail to Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid alleging ‘prima donna’ culture in team
3 years, 7 months ago

Outgoing India women’s coach WV Raman fires mail to Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid alleging ‘prima donna’ culture in team

Firstpost  

Raman’s crisp letter to the two former captains is sure to ruffle a few feathers given that it has always been the coaches who have either stepped aside or sacked following fallouts with players, most notably ODI captain Mithali Raj. New Delhi: Ousted Indian women’s cricket team coach WV Raman has written to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, alleging that there …

Ramesh Powar returns as the head coach of India women's cricket team
3 years, 7 months ago

Ramesh Powar returns as the head coach of India women's cricket team

The Hindu  

Ramesh Powar returned as the head coach of the India women's team after the Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Thursday, decided to hand over the role to the former India spinner ahead of the team's tour of England. Taking over as the head coach after Tushar Arothe's exit in 2018, Powar guided the team to the T20 …

CAC recommends Ramesh Powar as India women's head coach
3 years, 7 months ago

CAC recommends Ramesh Powar as India women's head coach

The Hindu  

Ramesh Powar is set to return as the head coach of the India women's team after the Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee, on Thursday, decided to hand over the role to the former India spinner ahead of the team's tour of England. Powar, who was the head coach of the team in 2018, was replaced after the T20 World Cup …

Women's head coach: Incumbent Raman, ex-coach Powar appear for interview
3 years, 7 months ago

Women's head coach: Incumbent Raman, ex-coach Powar appear for interview

Hindustan Times  

Current women's head coach WV Raman, former coach Ramesh Powar, ex-India players Ajay Ratra and Hrishikesh Kanitkar appeared for virtual interviews conducted by Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee on Wednesday. Current women's head coach WV Raman: File photo Out of 35 applications, eight India internationals were shortlisted for interviews, which included four men and four women. The remaining four interviews …

Raman, Powar, Kanitkar, Ratra interviewed for India women’s head coach job
3 years, 7 months ago

Raman, Powar, Kanitkar, Ratra interviewed for India women’s head coach job

The Hindu  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India ’s Cricket Advisory Committee interviewed four candidates - W.V. Raman, Ramesh Powar, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Ajay Ratra - for the India women's team head coach job on Wednesday. READ: Raman reapplies for India women's head coach job; Arothe, Bhave in the fray too While 35 candidates - including some of the seasoned …

Former chief selector Hemlata Kala among five female candidates in fray for India women's cricket head coach
3 years, 7 months ago

Former chief selector Hemlata Kala among five female candidates in fray for India women's cricket head coach

Firstpost  

The Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee is supposed to pick the head coach after the application deadline ended on 26 April. New Delhi: Former chief selector Hemlata Kala is among five female candidates who have applied to become the Indian women’s team’s head coach, a position that has been held by men since 2017. The women’s selection committee, headed by …

WV Raman reapplies for India women's head coach job; Arothe, Bhave in the fray too
3 years, 7 months ago

WV Raman reapplies for India women's head coach job; Arothe, Bhave in the fray too

The Hindu  

W. V. Raman has reapplied for the Indian women’s team head coach job, while former India coaches Tushar Arothe and Ramesh Powar are believed to have thrown their hat in the ring. RELATED| Former national selector Surendra Bhave - who is an ECB Level 3 certified coach - has also applied for the job, while sources in the Board of …

WV Raman all set to re-apply for India women’s head coach as BCCI expands role to cover ‘A’, U-19 and NCA
3 years, 8 months ago

WV Raman all set to re-apply for India women’s head coach as BCCI expands role to cover ‘A’, U-19 and NCA

Firstpost  

It is believed that the senior team head coach will also have a considerable say in the roadmap for the women’s A, U-19 and NCA teams. New Delhi: Former India opener WV Raman is all set to re-apply for the head coach’s post of the Indian women’s cricket team as the BCCI is looking at empowering the incumbent with more …

BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee to pick three new selectors - Cricket News - Sportstar
4 years ago

BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee to pick three new selectors - Cricket News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India meets for its Annual General Meeting in Ahmedabad on Thursday, it's three-member Cricket Advisory Committee is likely to pick the three national selectors ahead of the series against England. A three-member committee headed by Madan Lal – R. P. Singh and Sulakshana Naik were the other members - was appointed in …

PCB struggling to appoint new chief selector with top candidate Muhammad Akram backing out
4 years ago

PCB struggling to appoint new chief selector with top candidate Muhammad Akram backing out

India TV News  

The Pakistan Cricket Board is finding it difficult to appoint a new chief selector after its top candidate backed out of working under the current system of selection in the country. A well-placed source told PTI that former pacer Muhammad Akram was the top candidate for the chief selector's post but he has backed out demanding that the board return …

BCCI invites applications for the position of three selectors
4 years, 1 month ago

BCCI invites applications for the position of three selectors

The Hindu  

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has invited applications for the position of three national selectors, which are vacant after the terms of Sarandeep Singh, Devang Gandhi and Jatin Paranjape ended last month. READ| As per the circular issued by the Board, the new selectors need to have played a minimum of seven Tests and 30 first-class matches …

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