Indian women’s team captain Mithali Raj is eying the tour of Sri Lanka to get the ball rolling for the Women’s T20 World Cup scheduled in November this year in the West Indies.
The ODI team is being led by Mithali Raj with Harmanpreet Kaur as vice-captain, while the T20I side is being led by Kaur and vice-marshalled by dashing left-hander Smriti Mandhana
Former India offspinner Ramesh Powar has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian women cricket team, BCCI announced on Tuesday.
Rajkumar Sharma is one of the six members shortlisted including Mamatha Maben, Sunil Joshi, Ramesh Powar, Atul Bedade and Sanath Kumar
Sunil Joshi and Ramesh Powar will be among 20 candidates to be interviewed for the role of the women's cricket coach in Mumbai on Friday.
Ramesh Powar will replace Tushar Arothe, who had cited his differences with the seniors of the side as reason for his resignation.
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) today extended till July 9 the deadline for making application for the positions of the coaches of Mumbai Ranji and Under-19 teams.
"I am extremely emotionally attached to Mumbai cricket."
A total of 18 matches will be played during the course of the tournament and it will commence with a grand opening ceremony.
Ramesh Powar had been associated with Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) since the past six months.