Sanjay Bangar appointed as India’s head coach for Zimbabwe tour by BCCI

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Sanjay Bangar (L) has been appointed the Head Coach of India team for Zimbabwe tour. Image Source: BCCI

Internet Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Sanjay Bangar as India’s head coach for the team’s tour to Zimbabwe.

Bangar, a former India and Railways all-rounder, had worked as an assistant coach under former team director Ravi Shastri. He will be joined by Abhay Sharma as India’s fielding coach for the tour. His has worked with the India Under-19 and A teams.

43-year-old Bangar, along with Shastri, Arun and Sridhar, formed the Indian team’s support staff from August 2014 until the recent World T20, the 47-year-old Sharma was the fielding coach of the India Under-19 team for the World Cup in Dhaka earlier this year with Rahul Dravid as its coach. He was also a coach of the Rest of India squad that won the Irani Cup against Mumbai in March this year. Sharma was at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the Under-23 camp when this correspondent broke the news of his first appointment to the senior national team.

India play three ODIS on June 11, 13 and 15 followed by an equal number of T20Is on June 18, 20 and 22, all at Harare Sports Club in Harare.

While the appointments of Bangar and Sharma are only for this short tour, the BCCI is expected to hire a long-term coaching staff before India’s tour of the West Indies after placing advertisements.

BCCI had entrusted the task of finding India’s new coach to the Cricket Advisory Committee, comprising former India players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman.