Afghanistan ropes in Milap Mewada as batting coach in Asia Cup, ODI World Cup build-up

Afghanistan Cricket Board has roped in former Baroda wicketkeeper-batter Milap Mewada because the batting coach of the senior group forward of the ODI World Cup.

As reported by  Sportstar final month, Mewada was appointed as Afghanistan’s batting coach for the T20I sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, however that was a one-off project.

However, after the sequence acquired over, the ACB determined at hand him an extended contract as much as December, and he can be a part of the teaching workers for the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup, which can be held in India in October-November. 

Mewada is presently in Sri Lanka with the Afghanistan group for its sequence in opposition to Pakistan. 

A seasoned coach within the home circuit, Mewada has labored with a number of state groups – together with Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad. He was additionally within the race to grow to be the pinnacle coach of Baroda this season, however the Baroda Cricket Association named Mukund Parmar for the job after its first-choice Amol Muzumdar expressed his incapacity to take up the project.

Before becoming a member of the group in Bangladesh, Mewada labored with the Afghanistan group for just a few weeks and was in Abu Dhabi for a camp with the T20I gamers.

Under head coach Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan has a robust assist workers group with Raees Ahmadzai because the assistant coach and Riyan Maron because the fielding coach. Hamid Hassan, the previous Afghanistan quick bowler, is the bowling coach, whereas Jason Douglas is the energy and conditioning coach.

The 48-year-old Mewada performed 11 first-class and 26 List-A matches for Baroda between 1996 and 2005, and later, he labored with a number of younger cricketers as a full-time coach. Under his steerage, Jammu and Kashmir made it to the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy within the 2019-20 season and he performed a key function in recommending Abdul Samad to VVS Laxman for a berth within the Sunrisers Hyderabad group within the Indian Premier League.