Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman was retained because the batting marketing consultant of Bengal, whereas Laxmi Ratan Shukla was appointed as Under-23 coach, marking his return to cricket six years after he joined politics.
It might be a second innings of kinds for the previous Bengal skipper and allrounder Shukla, who had retired from all types of cricket to affix Trinamool Congress in 2016.
Shukla had develop into an MLA from Howrah (North) and later he served because the sports activities minister beneath Aroop Biswas.
Shukla was later made the Howrah district president of TMC however simply earlier than the final Assembly Polls he stepped down from the put up and stop politics to “concentrate more on cricket”.
“Let’s work together. Looking forward,” the 40-year-old mentioned about his return to cricket.
Making a sequence of bulletins within the build-up to the season, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) additionally retained veteran Arun Lal because the chief coach, whereas selling Sourasish Lahiri because the assistant coach of the senior facet.
Former Bengal speedster Shib Shankar Paul was appointed because the bowling coach for all of the Bengal squads.
“On behalf of the Association, I wish the Former Cricketers who have been given newer responsibilities all the best and am confident that they would be able to use their wealth of experience to help Bengal Cricket earn laurels in the forthcoming domestic season,” CAB president Avishek Dalmiya mentioned in a press release.
In ladies’s cricket, Rituparna Roy could be the top coach whereas Charanjit Singh could be the assistant coach of the Bengal senior group.
“We have made some new appointments keeping in mind their merit and talents. We want Bengal cricket to shine and we have made changes that we deemed fit to that end,” mentioned CAB Secretary Snehashis Ganguly.
“We wish the new appointees all the best and hope they can get the best out of the various Bengal teams.”
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