BCCI Likely To Offer Long Term Contracts For Indian Women's Cricket Team Support Staff - Reports

Published - 10 Apr 2023, 02:24 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to appoint the support staff of the Indian women’s cricket team on a long-term contract basis. It is reported that the BCCI has decided to stop the practice of appointing support staff on an ad hoc basis as in the past.

The BCCI constitution states that the head coach will be selected by the Cricket Advisory Committee, and the selectors will pick the support staff. However, this was not followed in the past with regard to the support staff of the women’s team, as the BCCI appointed coaches from the National Cricket Academy on a temporary basis.

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According to PTI, the BCCI has decided to give long-term contracts to all coaches, giving the team much-needed stability. The board decided to take the decision regarding women’s cricket during the recently concluded Apex Council meeting on Sunday.

“All the coaches will be given long-term contracts, and it will not a temporary arrangement like we have seen in the past. This will give the team much needed stability,” a BCCI source told PTI.

The women’s cricket team has been without a head coach since the sacking of Ramesh Powar in December last year and also played the T20 World Cup in February without a head of coaching staff. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led team failed to win the tournament as they lost to Australia in the semi-final. The board will look at the appointment of a coach in preparation for the next ICC event.

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