Manoj Prabhakar appointed UP Ranji coach, Heath Streak consultant for academy
Former Zimbabwe Captain Heath Streak Was Today Named The Consultant Of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Academy While Former India Seamer Manoj Prabhakar Will Be In Charge Of The Ranji Trophy Team. Streak, Till Recently Was Bangladesh National Team’s Bowling Coach And Also Worked As Bowling Coach With The IPL Team Gujarat Lions.
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was today named the consultant of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association academy while former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar will be in charge of the Ranji Trophy team. Streak, till recently was Bangladesh National team’s bowling coach and also worked as bowling coach with the IPL team Gujarat Lions.
Prabhakar recently worked with Afghanistan team during World T20 as a consultant. He has earlier coached Delhi Ranji team during the 2010-11 season.
The decisions were taken during the working committee meeting of UPCA, held at Mussoorie in presence of secretary and Director Rajiv Shukla.
“Heath Streak was a fantastic bowler and well known international captain in his playing days. It will be a great opportunity for the young UP cricketers to get guidance from him. He will be coming to our academy periodically to work with academy trainees. He will draw a blueprint for academy, a roadmap that would be followed by full-time coaches,” UPCA boss Rajiv Shukla told PTI today.
Former UP captain and coach Rizwan Shamshad will now be the selection committee chairman.
UPCA has also named Arvind Kapoor as the chairman of junior selection committee while Nitu Dwivedi will head the senior selection committee for women.
Similarly, the U-19, U-16 and U-14 team’s coaches and managers were also changed.
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