Former India off-spinner and ex-India women’s team coach Ramesh Powar has become the head coach of the Gujarat senior team for the forthcoming domestic season, the Times of India has reported.
Ramesh Powar played 2 Tests and 31 ODIs for India from 2004-2007 and picked a total of 40 wickets. In domestic cricket, Powar played 148 FC games, picking 470 wickets with the best of 7/44. In 113 List-A games, he took 142 wickets and in 28 T20s, he picked 14 scalps.
He played in the Indian Premier League as well for teams like Kings XI Punjab and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. In March 2021, he coached Mumbai to the Vijay Hazare Trophy title.
Apparently, the Times of India report stated that the decision to appoint Powar was taken by the Cricket Advisory Committee of the Gujarat Cricket Association, which includes former India wicketkeeper, Parthiv Patel.
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Former First-Class cricketer Mukund Parmar was the Gujarat coach last season. Powar is the second former Mumbai cricketer to coach a domestic team this season. Ex-wicketkeeper Sulakshan Kulkarni is coaching Tamil Nadu, while Amol Muzumdar is in the race to coach Baroda.
Apart from this, Powar has served as the Indian women’s team’s head coach twice. He served as the team’s head coach during his second tenure from May 2021 to December 2023 until being hired as a spin-bowling coach at the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy just before the team’s home T20I series against Australia in December.
In the past, former India, and Mumbai leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule has coached Gujarat.