Lalchand Rajput Confirmed As Zimbabwe Head Coach

Rajput represented India in two Tests and four one-day internationals, the last of which came in 1987. He continued to play first-class cricket until 1999, making 110 appearances and amassing 7,988 runs at 49.30.

Rajput has successfully coached India in the first edition of the ICC World T20 in 2007 and followed his good work later with Afghanistan. In between, he also coached Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League season and mentored them this year.

Tavengwa Mukhlani, the ZC Chairman, also congratulated Rajput on his appointment, saying: “We are thrilled to appoint Lalchand as the substantive head coach of Zimbabwe’s senior men’s national cricket team. Lalchand has a wealth of experience and an outstanding track record of success throughout his career.

“He has identified, nurtured and developed some of the best young talents in world cricket, from coaching a young India side that won the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 through to recently moulding Afghanistan into a formidable team that eventually earned Test status.

“His hard-working and passionate approach and his sense of values on and off the pitch make him the ideal person to take us forward.”