Amol Muzumdar likely to continue as Mumbai coach this season

MUMBAI: Domestic stalwart Amol

Muzumdar

is likely to continue as the Mumbai senior group’s head coach for the forthcoming season, TOI has learnt.

In the just-concluded season, which was Muzumdar’s first as Mumbai coach, the home giants crashed out within the league stage of each the restricted over tournaments – the T20 Mushtaq Ali Trophy and 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy – however bounced again to attain the

Ranji

Trophy closing, the place they misplaced to Madhya Pradesh by six wickets on the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

At a gathering of the

MCA

‘s Cricket Improvement Committee on Thursday, it was felt that for the sake of continuity, all of the Mumbai coaches of the earlier season ought to be retained for the approaching season.

“We lost in the Ranji final, but discovered so many talented youngsters – Suved Parkar who slammed a double century on debut being an example along the way. Since all the Mumbai teams did well last season, it’s better to reappoint the same set of coaches so that off-season camps can begin soon. The new domestic season is likely to begin by the first week of September,” a dependable supply mentioned.

The CIC is headed by former India batsman

Jatin Paranjape

and contains ex-India cricketers

Vinod Kambli

and Nilesh Kulkarni.

The Mumbai Under-25 group received the Col CK Nayudu Trophy below coach Rajesh Pawar, whereas the under-19 group, guided by

Amit Velaskar

, reached the Cooch Behar closing.