The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday appointed former India spinner Ramesh Powar as the head coach of Indian women’s cricket team. The cricket governing physique launched an official assertion on this regard.
As per the discharge, the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sulakshana Naik, Madan Lal and RP Singh unanimously agreed on Powar’s candidature.
Powar has represented the Men In Blue in 31 ODIs and has additionally made two worldwide red-ball appearances. He has additionally served as the head coach of the Indian women’s cricket team in 2018, which was marred by a riff between him and senior participant and skipper Mithali Raj.
The present ODI skipper, who has hinted that 2022 may very well be her remaining cricketing 12 months as a participant, had then accused Powar of discrimination and had wrote a letter to the BCCI. She had additionally talked about occasion of humiliation in direction of her throughout the World T20s in West Indies.
Meanwhile, beneath Powar’s brief stint as a coach of the Indian girls’s team, Mithali and co. had certified for the semi-final of the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup in 2018 and had bagged 14 T20I wins in a row.
He additionally coached the Mumbai senior team, which received the Vijay Hazare Trophy and in addition has expertise of working on the National Cricket Academy as a bowling coach.
