Indian women cricket team coach: Full list of India’s support staff for ICC Women’s World Cup 2022

Indian women cricket team coach: The SportsRush brings you the list of the support staff of the Indian women’s cricket team.

Indian Women’s cricket team started their World Cup campaign on an excellent note. They defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in their first game. This is India’s 11th consecutive win over Pakistan in the WODIs.

India captain Mithali Raj won the toss and opted to bat, but the start was not ideal. Shafali Verma got out on a duck, and India lost their first wicket at just four runs. Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma then stitched an amazing partnership. Smriti Mandhana completed here half-century, whereas Deepti Sharma made 40 runs.

India lost their second wicket at 96 runs, and then the downfall started. India went from 96-2 to 114-6 in no time. The stalwarts Harmanrpeet Kaur and Mithali Raj failed to fulfill the expectations. However, lower-order batters Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar had other plans.

Both Rana and Vastrakar combined for a record 122-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Vastrakar scored 67 runs in 59 balls, whereas Rana scored 53 runs in 48 balls. Courtesy of their partnership, Team India finished at 244-7 after 50 overs.

For Pakistan, Nida Dar and Nashra Sandhu scalped a couple of wickets each, whereas Fatima Sana, Diana Baig, and Anam Amin got a wicket each. For India, Rajeshwari Gaikwad took four wickets, whereas Jhulan Goswami and Sneh Rana got a couple each.

Indian women cricket team coach

Former India spinner Ramesh Powar is the head coach of the Indian Women’s cricket team. Powar was re-appointed as the Indian coach in 2021 after almost two years of his fallout with senior players. Under his coaching, India played their first day-night Test match. He had replaced former India batter WV Raman for the role.

Former India batter Shiv Sundar Das is the batting coach of the side, whereas former Assam and Railways batter Subhadeep Ghosh is the fielding coach. Meanwhile, former Goa player Amogh Pandit is the fitness trainer of the side.