Former India international Ramesh Powar has been recommended by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by Madan Lal to once again become the coach o the Indian Women’s team.
Powar edged incumbent WV Raman and Hrishikesh Kanitkar in a close fight to get the nod of CAC. The BCCI in its official statement said, “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.”
The 42-year-old Mumbai born served as India Women’s coach on a prior occasion in 2018 and also guided the team to that year’s T20 World Cup semifinal. Under him, the Indian eves won 14 T20 matches in a row, before he was removed by the board after a fallout with the T20 skipper of the team, Mithali Raj, who is currently captains the ODI and Test team.
Having played two Tests and 31 ODIs for the national team, Powar carries a lot of experience with himself and his recent achievement of guiding the Mumbai team to a Vijay Hazare Trophy title added to the credentials to get him the job.
Although Raman, the current coach’s contract expired last October, the BCCI asked him to continue till April. Powar would look to make a few changes before the team traves to England for a one-off Test three T20Is and three ODIs series on Junes 2, as they were beaten comprehensively at home by the South African eves just recently.