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[caption id="attachment_17103" align="alignnone" width="580"] Sanjay Bangar with Shikhar Dhawan during the tour of England. File Pic.[/caption] Internet Desk: Within days of the appointment of Anil Kumble as the Head Coach, the BCCI also announced the names of the support staff for the tour of West Indies. The board has retained Sanjay Bangar as the batting coach while Abhay Sharma will continue as the fielding coach of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. Both of them were part of the recently concluded Zimbabwe tour. The BCCI in a short press release stated that both coaches have been appointed after consulting chief coach Anil Kumble. According to sources, no bowling coach was appointed since Kumble, India's highest-wicket taker, is in charge of the team. Interestingly, Bangar is the only member of the support staff that came on board when Ravi Shastri was made the team director back in 2014. Bangar's former Railways colleague Sharma was the fielding coach of the U-19 India team and also worked with the India A team before landing his maiden assignment with the senior Indian team in Zimbabwe. The support staff will start their work from the preparatory camp which starts in Bengaluru from June 28 ahead of the tour of West Indies.