"Kerala Cricket Revolution: Devika and Rumeli named as Coaches"
The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) appointed two former Indian cricket players Devika Palshikar and Rumeli Dhar, to fill coaching positions in the state. After longtime coach Suman Sharama chose to take over the Odisha women’s team in May and did not renew her contract, the head coach position for Kerala women’s team became vacant.
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewed Devika and Rumeli in Thiruvananthapuram last week, and along with KCA had originally requested applications to fill the position of women’s team head coach, they were ready to consider the option of accepting both.
More than twenty people applied to KCA for the coaching position, two of them were from outside.
The CAC Further reduced the list to two applicants after finalizing it to seven.
“We are thinking of utilizing the experience of both. While one can handle the senior women’s team’s coaching responsibilities, the other can look after junior women’s cricket and the High-Performance Centre. A final decision will be taken this week,” explained one of the members of CAC.
Playing international cricket for 13 years, including 78 ODIs, 4 Tests, and 18 T20Is, seam bowling all-rounder Rumeli declared her retirement from the game two years ago.
Devika played one Test and fifteen ODIs for Maharashtra But Boasts extensive coaching experience. She has served as an assistant coach for the women’s teams of Bangladesh and India, and last year, she worked as a consultant for the Nepali women’s team. Additionally, she has been working as the batting coach for the Mumbai Indians In the WPL.
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