India’s Interim head coach: The Indian women’s squad will shortly depart for Bangladesh, where they will play a three-match ODI series followed by an equal number of T20I games. While the players have been preparing for the tour, which starts on Sunday, July 9, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has yet to name the team’s head coach.
Notably, since Ramesh Powar’s resignation, the Indian women’s team has been without a head coach. The Women in Blue will face Australia in a five-match T20I series in December 2022, with batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar, and they will also compete in the Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year in South Africa, without a head coach.
According to reports, Amol Muzumdar is ready to accept the burden and move into the post, but the board has yet to make an official declaration. With India’s trip to Bangladesh rapidly approaching, the board has chosen former India cricketer Nooshin Al Khadeer as temporary head coach, with responsibility for the bilateral series falling to her.
Notably, under Nooshin’s coaching, India’s U19 squad, captained by Shafali Verma, won the inaugural Women’s U19 World Cup in South Africa in January 2023. The 2005 World Cup finalist also coached the U23 squad that just won the Emerging Asia Cup in Hong Kong.
The Women in Blue are expected to leave for Bangladesh on Thursday, July 6, after meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, July 5. Nooshin presently serves as the head coach of the Railways side in the Indian domestic league. The Railways team has the most titles to their record and has been a formidable force in domestic contests.
Nooshin was a member of the Gujarat Titans’ coaching staff and served as their bowling coach in the first Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023. The former Hyderabadi cricketer has been instructing young female cricketers and collaborating with the NCA for the past two years. NCA faculty members Apurva Desai and Rajib Dutta will serve as Nooshin’s tour guides in Bangladesh.
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