WV Raman selected to coach India Women’s Cricket team
Kapil Dev-led ad-hoc committee has selected WV Raman as the coach for the women’s cricket team, pushing Gary Kirsten to the second spot for the role. The BCCI had appointed a three-member ad-hoc committee to interview the ten prospective candidates for the role of the women’s team coach.
Even as the selection process for the role of the National Women’s Cricket team did not go without hiccups, WV Raman has been named as the man for the job. In the process, Raman came better of other two candidates in Gary Kirsten and Venkatesh Prasad. All the three aforementioned players were the top three choices of the Ad-hoc committee appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) with Kisten coming first in the pecking order and Raman closely following him.
The Ad-hoc committee comprising three former players in Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy had recommended Kirsten as their best pick but as the former South African player was not keen on leaving his stint as the coach of the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challenger Bangalore, second choice Raman was preferred.
"Kirsten was the top choice for the BCCI ad-hoc selection committee but Raman got the job as the South African was not keen on giving up his plum job with IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore," the official said to TOI.
Apart from playing eleven Tests and 27 ODIs for India, Raman is also remembered as the first player from India to score a century on the South African soil. Raman also has a good experience of coaching as in the past he has done the job for the Tamil Nadu and Bengal Ranji teams and also the Indian Under-19 squad.
"He was number one in the order of preference but was not very keen to leave the RCB role. Having said that, Raman is a good choice as the team needs a batting coach at the moment. Prasad was number three in the pecking order," said a BCCI official.
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