Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was today named the consultant of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association academy while former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar will be in charge of the Ranji Trophy team.
Manoj Prabhakar
Kanpur: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was today named the consultant of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association academy while former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar will be in charge of the Ranji Trophy team.
Manoj Prabhakar
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Streak, till recently was Bangladesh’s bowling coach and also worked as bowling coach with the IPL team Gujarat Lions.
Prabhakar recently worked with Afghanistan team during World T20 as a consultant. He has earlier coached Delhi Ranji team during the 2010-11 season.
The decisions were taken during the working committee meeting of UPCA, held at Mussoorie in presence of secretary and Director Rajiv Shukla. “Heath Streak was a fantastic bowler and well known international captain in his playing days. It will be a great opportunity for the young UP cricketers to get guidance from him.
“He will be coming to our academy periodically to work with academy trainees. He will draw a blueprint for academy, a roadmap that would be followed by full-time coaches,” UPCA boss Rajiv Shukla said.
Former UP captain and coach Rizwan Shamshad will now be the selection committee chairman. Arvind Kapoor was named as the chairman of junior selection committee
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