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 staff 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 task.

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

Mewada is at the moment in Sri Lanka with the Afghanistan staff 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 develop into 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 lack of ability to take up the task.

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

Under head coach Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan has a powerful help employees 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 power 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 steering, 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 staff within the Indian Premier League.