Former India off-spinner Nooshin Al Khadeer has been named the interim head coach of the women’s cricket team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh.
Nooshin played the role of a coach when the Girls in Blue won the U-19 women’s World Cup in South Africa earlier this year.
The development comes days after reports claimed that former Mumbai cricketer Amol Mazumdar will be named the head coach of the senior women’s cricket team.
A three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), featuring Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra and Jatin Paranjape, has suggested Mazumdar’s name.
However, a report published in TOI states that the BCCI will take some more time before taking a final call on Mazumdar’s appointment. Therefore, he won’t be travelling with the women’s squad for the Bangladesh tour where India are slated to play three ODIs and T20Is each.
“Post the Bangladesh tour, there’s a break of a few months before the Indian women’s team plays international cricket. We have time," TOI quoted a BCCI source as saying.
The position of the head coach has been vacant since Romesh Powar left the role last year. After his ouster, former India all-rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar was named the interim coach.
The Indian team is likely to gather in Mumbai on Wednesday (July 5) before leaving for Bangladesh a day later.
National Cricket Academy coaches Apurva Desai, Rajib Dutta and Subhadeep Ghosh will be part of the support staff for the Bangladesh tour, due to get underway on July 9.
T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Devika Vaidya, Uma Chetry (wk), Amanjot Kaur, S. Meghana, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Monica Patel, Rashi Kanojiya, Anusha Bareddy, Minnu Mani.
ODI squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Devika Vaidya, Uma Chetry (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Priya Punia, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Monica Patel, Rashi Kanojiya, Anusha Bareddy, Sneh Rana.
(With TOI Inputs)
