Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup-winning Australian coach Dav Whatmore has been appointed Baroda’s Ranji team coach as well as Director of Cricket of Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) for the next two years on Sunday (April 19).
A couple of days back, the BCA has reported that the state body has finalized Whatmore for the role but the former Australian cricketer didn’t sign the contract because of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
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Well, both the parties have now completed all the formalities as the BCA secretary Ajit Lele on Sunday confirmed the signing of Whatmore, who coached Kerala for the last three seasons.
It is being said that Whatmore gave a go-ahead from his end and communicated his decision to former Mumbai batsman Shishir Hattangadi, who is the CEO of the BCA.
Lele told PTI, “Whatmore has been appointed as coach of the Ranji trophy team and also the Director of Cricket for a period of two years.”
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Whatmore, who has vast experience having coached Bangladesh, Pakistan, Singapore and Zimbabwe at the highest level beside the world Cup glory to Sri Lanka, as Director of Cricket of the BCA, will supervise the roles the age-group coaches - of Under-23, Under-19, and Under-16.
Noteworthy, the 66-year-old, who played 7 Tests and 1 ODI for Australia, has also coached the number of domestic teams around the world besides winning the 2008 Under-19 World Cup with Virat Kohli.
(With PTI Inputs)
