IPL 2023: Omkar Salvi replaces Amol Mazumdar as coach of Mumbai senior team. Salvi has been appointed as the coach of the Mumbai senior team.
Did not apply for this Post after completing a two-year contract:-
He will replace Amol Majumdar, who did not apply for the post after completing his two-year contract with the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
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Salvi has been given an initial one-year contract. Salvi, a former Mumbai pacer, was selected by the Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) headed by Lalchand Rajput, which normally takes all cricketing decisions of the MCA.
Sahil Kukreja and Preeti Dimri are members of the CIC:-
Sahil Kukreja and Preeti Dimri are the other members of the CIC, who interviewed seven candidates for the position of senior coach.
Sameer Dighe, Vinayak Mane, Vinayak Samant, Pradeep Sundarram, Umesh Patwal, and Atul Ranade were the other candidates interviewed by the CIC.
Dighe was appointing in charge of MCA Academy:-
Dighe was the preferring candidate, being the only Test player. But Rajput felt that Salvi’s vision and plans for Mumbai cricket were much better than the rest.
Rajput said- Among the candidates who had applied for the post of head coach, I felt that Omkar was the best person.
He has been a coach in IPL for many years and knows how to handle players including international players.
He is well-versing with modern technology. I think he is the right person to take Mumbai Cricket forward.
Salvi has been a bowling coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Dighe has been appointed in charge of MCA Academy.
The Major Appointments:–
- Senior Men’s Head Coach: Onkar Salvi
- Under 23 Head Coach: Rajesh Pawar
- Under-19 Head Coach: Dinesh Lad
- Under 16 Head Coach: Sandesh Kawle
- Under 14 Head Coach: Nilesh Masurkar
- Senior Women’s Head Coach: Sunetra Paranjpe
- Under 23 Women’s Head Coach: Jayesh Dadarkar
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- Under 19 Girls Head Coach: Ajay Kadam
- Under 15 Girls Head Coach: Aparna Kambli.