Indian women's cricket team to hire bowling coach soon

BCCI is all geared up to invite applications in order to fill the post of bowling coach for the Indian women’s cricket team.

Currently, former Baroda’s all-rounder Tushar Arothe is heading the women’s team who has scored 6105 runs in the first-class cricket and has 225 wickets in his name.

Biju George has been doing a decent job as fielding coach.

A senior BCCI official told PTI, ‘’The women's team management has expressed the need of a bowling coach. We will soon start the hunt for a suitable candidate by inviting applications’’.

‘’The applicants need not have an international background. Even Tushar has not played for India so that really is not a factor’’, the official added.

The team for the upcoming Asia Cup will be announced later this week.

Talking about the team’s performance lately, India have had a mixed run since making the World Cup final in England last July.

They beat hosts South Africa in their ICC ODI Championship-opener before being thrashed by Australia at home.

They also failed to make the final at home in the subsequent T20 tri-series involving Australia and England in March.

The Mithali Raj-led squad then made amends by beating England 2-1 in a three-match ODI series.