The Mumbai Cricket Association has appointed Amol Muzumdar as the coach of the side for the 2021-22 domestic season. Muzumdar’s appointment was based on the recommendations made by MCA's Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) comprising Jatin Paranjpe (chairman), Nilesh Kulkarni and Vinod Kambli.
The MCA had interviewed nine candidates including former India opener Wasim Jaffer, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Sairaj Bahutule, Sulakshan Kulkarni, Pradeep Sunderram, Nandan Phadnis, Umesh Patwal and Vinod Raghvan apart from Muzumdar.
The former cricketer had come close to getting appointed last year but a dispute with the CIC headed by Lalchand Rajput saw Ramesh Powar being selected for the job.
But Powar’s appointment as the head coach of the Indian women’s team left the place vacant and was taken up by Muzumdar.
Muzumdar has led Mumbai in the past and was capped 171 times at the First-Class level and accumulated over 11000 runs in a career that spanned between 1993 and 2013 while playing 113 List A matches notching up over 3000 runs.
He has had coaching experience in the past as he has coached Rajasthan Royals in previous editions of the IPL, has been a batting coach with the NCA and the South African team.