Former India A and Under-19 fielding coach Abhay Sharma has been appointed as the pinnacle coach of the Delhi cricket staff forward of the home season beginning October 11.
Former India spinner and selector Sarandeep Singh was a robust contender for the put up, however the Rohan Jaitley-led DDCA has promoted Sharma, who has extra teaching expertise. Sharma’s identify was advisable to the chairman by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Nikhil Chopra, Gursharan Singh and Reema Malhotra. Former India selector Gagan Khoda has been appointed the chief selector of the senior staff, whereas former India pacer Pankaj Singh has been appointed the pinnacle coach of the U-25 staff. Khoda, who performed two ODIs for India, hails from Rajasthan.
Anil Bhardwaj and Mayank Sidana (former Ranji cricketer from Punjab) are the opposite newcomers within the senior choice panel. Former Rajasthan Royals fielding coach Dishant Yagnik has been given cost of the senior ladies’s staff, whereas India pacer Arshdeep Singh’s childhood coach Jaswant Rai will coach the lads’s U-19 unit. Rai represented Himachal Pradesh throughout his enjoying days. A DDCA supply stated, “Abhay Sharma has been appointed as the pinnacle coach of the senior staff. Sharma has labored extensively with India A, India Under-19 and extra not too long ago with the nationwide ladies’s staff.
The 53-year-old, who performed 89 first-class matches representing Delhi, Railways and Rajasthan, was additionally the fielding coach of the Indian staff that toured Zimbabwe in 2016.
He traveled with the Indian staff to tour the United States and the West Indies in the identical 12 months. With Delhi beginning their Syed Mushtaq Ali marketing campaign in opposition to Manipur, Sharma has lower than two weeks to work with the staff, which is but to be introduced. There was lots of hesitation earlier than DDCA focused Sharma. “It should have happened at least two weeks back. But the good thing is that most of the coaching staff recruited have come from outside Delhi,” stated one other DDCA supply.
Last season for Delhi might be forgotten when it did not qualify for the knock-outs of Mushtaq Ali, Vijay Hazare and all three Ranji Trophy tournaments. The staff was coached by Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Raj Kumar Sharma final season and the staff was captained by Pradeep Sangwan.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
