The BCCI finally announced the appointment of domestic stalwart Amol Muzumdar as the head coach of the Indian women’s cricket team. It ended a long wait for Muzumdar, who was shortlisted by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjape, for the job way back in June.
He takes over from former India off-spinner Ramesh Powar, who was removed from the post in December last year as part of BCCI’s ‘internal restructuring.’ For close to a year, the position of the head coach of the Indian women’s team had been lying vacant, with Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Nooshin Al Khadeer doing the job on an interim basis.
A domestic titan and a Mumbai Ranji-winning captain, Muzumdar scored over 11,000 First Class runs in 171 matches, including 30 centuries during his 21-year epic career in domestic cricket for Mumbai, and later Assam and Andhra. The 48-year-old’s first assignment will be the back-to-back Tests against England and Australia in December.
“From December 14-17, India will play England in a Test, and then from December 21-24, India will play Australia in a day/night pink ball Test at the iconic venue. A team from the BCCI and Cricket Australia recently conducted a recce of the stadium,” a reliable source said.
