Ramesh Powar returns as India girls’s workforce coach

Former off-spinner Ramesh Powar on Thursday returned as the top coach of the Indian girls’s cricket workforce, a little bit over two years after a public fallout with senior participant Mithali Raj had led to his ouster. Powar, who just lately guided the Mumbai males’s workforce to the Vijay Hazare Trophy title, changed WV Raman.
Raman, too, had utilized for the job as additionally former India all-rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar. The BCCI acquired “over 35 applications” for the put up. In the tip, the Madan Lal-led BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) picked Powar due to his “previous experience” because the Indian girls’s workforce head coach and the “recent success” with the Mumbai males’s workforce.
Madan Lal stated the CAC would monitor Powar’s dealing with of the workforce and the efficiency on the sector, the tip outcome. “We would wait for the result. Everybody lays out his/her vision during interviews and promises about giving the best. But at the end of the day, result matters. (Also), how you manage the team, how you handle the team (matters),” the World Cup-winning former all-rounder advised The Indian Express.
“They (Powar and Raman) were equally good, but we thought Powar might be the better candidate to look after the women’s team. Also, you always look into all other aspects, like his looking after (the) Mumbai (team), looking after women’s cricket; a lot of things come into play. Indian women’s cricket (team) is growing and we want them to grow more (under Powar),” he added.
It can be attention-grabbing to see how Powar’s second stint because the Indian girls’s workforce coach goes off, on condition that he would return to a dressing-room that he allegedly had misplaced. “During the interview, we asked him about that and he said it won’t be a problem,” a CAC member advised this paper.
Powar was answerable for the ladies’s workforce from July to November 2018 and India had reached the T20 World Cup semifinal beneath his cost. The workforce additionally gained 14 T20 matches on the spin. But the workforce choice within the semifinal towards England ultimately turned his bugbear.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect had dropped former captain Mithali for the sport and the latter in flip hit again at Powar, accusing him of bias and expressing her anger over the “humiliation” she confronted. Later, in a tweet, Mithali had described it as “the darkest day” of her life. “Today, my patriotism doubted, my skill set questioned & all the mud slinging – it’s the darkest day of my life. May god give strength,” the tweet learn.
Powar’s response was a stinging criticism of the senior cricketer. “I hope Mithali Raj stops blackmailing, pressurising coaches and also stops putting her interest first than team’s. I hope she will look at the bigger picture & work towards betterment of Indian women’s cricket,” he had written in a 10-page report back to the BCCI. The report had additionally accused Mithali of focusing extra on private milestones. “(She) ignored her role and batted for own milestones. Lack of keeping the momentum going which was putting extra pressure on other batters…”
The Indian girls’s workforce will journey to England on June 2 for a one-off Test, three T20Is and as many ODIs. It stays to be seen if a clear-the-air assembly is organized between Powar and the workforce (learn, Mithali) within the lead-up. Sources, nevertheless, knowledgeable that the CAC spoke to senior members of the workforce earlier than recommending Powar’s candidature to the BCCI.
“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the appointment of Mr Ramesh Powar as the Head Coach of Team India (Senior Women). The BCCI had advertised for the post and received over 35 applications,” said the BCCI press launch, including: “The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Madan Lal and Mr Rudra Pratap Singh interviewed the applicants and unanimously agreed on Mr Powar’s candidature.”
“Looking forward to take india women’s cricket ahead. Thanks a lot CAC & bcci for this opportunity,” Powar tweeted.
As for Raman, he coached India to the T20 World Cup last final 12 months, however the ODI and T20Is dwelling collection defeats towards South Africa in March had been a setback. “All the best to Ramesh and the team. I wish them every success,” the previous India batsman advised this paper.
A second-string Indian males’s workforce is ready to tour Sri Lanka for a bilateral limited-overs collection in July. It is learnt that Raman could possibly be in rivalry to educate the aspect. The first-team beneath head coach Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli can be in England for a five-Test collection.