By CricketCountry Staff
Former Mumbai wicketkeeper batsman Sulakshan Kulkarni has been named coach of the Mumbai Ranji team. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cricket Improvement Committee of the Mumbai Cricket Association on Monday.
Published: Aug 30, 2011, 03:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2011, 03:14 PM (IST)
Sulakshan Kulkarni (c) is currently the coach of Vidarbha Ranji team © AFP
By CricketCountry Staff
Mumbai: Aug 30, 2011
Former Mumbai wicketkeeper batsman Sulakshan Kulkarni has been named coach of the Mumbai Ranji team. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cricket Improvement Committee of the Mumbai Cricket Association on Monday.
Kulkarni, who succeed Praveen Amre, was chosen ahead of Sanjay Bangar, Zubin Barucha, Zulfikar Parkar and Sandeep Dahad in a meeting chaired by former India stumper Chandrakant Pandit.
Balwinder Singh Sandhu had earlier declined the offer to coach Mumbai after which the CIC decided hand over the reins to the 44-year-old Kulkarni, who is currently the coach of Vidarbha Ranji team.
“We discussed all names and their finer points but we finally settled for Sulakshan. We’ve also asked Sandhu whether he could take up the job but he didn’t want to. It had been too long and we didn’t want to waste time. We wanted to appoint the coach as early as possible,” Pandit said.
“What was impressive about Sulakshan was that he is focussed on two important aspects of Mumbai cricket. Having a strong bench strength and winning the Ranji Trophy is what he had planned for. Apart from that he has passion for Mumbai cricket and the khadoos attitude which every Mumbaikar should have,” added the CIC chief. “He has good strategies to perform and the focus was on having a strong bench strength.” However, the term of the coach has not been decided.
