Former South African cricketer Gary Kirsten has applied for the position of head coach of the Indian women’s team, according to media reports. Kirsten, who has played for and coached South Africa and has been India’s 2011 World Cup winning coach, has reportedly sent his application and is set to appear in front of the three-member ad hoc panel set up by BCCI.
The BCCI has formed an ad-hoc panel comprising of former India cricketers Shantha Rangaswamy, Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad to pick up a new head coach for the Indian women cricket team. The BCCI is expected to name the new coach before the New Zealand tour begins on January 24. The tour comprises three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.
Powar, whose controversial stint ended last month, was appointed in August as the coach of women’s team after Tushar Arothe quit following differences with the senior players over training methods. But he was later accused by senior player Mithali Raj for being biased against her and not including her in the squad despite being fit.
