The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) yesterday finally confirmed the appointment of Lalchand Rajput as coach of the Mumbai team for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-dayers and the season-ending Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.
<img title="Lalchand Rajput" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/feb/Lalchand-Rajput2202.jpg" alt="" /> Lalchand Rajput
The former India cricketer and the World T20-winning coach will take the reigns from Sulkashan Kulkarni, who was shunted out after Mumbai&rsquo;s quarter-final loss to Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy.&nbsp;Rajput&rsquo;s appointment comes days before the team is supposed to leave for Rajkot where they take on Baroda in the Vijay Hazare Trophy opener on February 27.
&ldquo;We are short on time, but whatever has happened has happened. My aim would be to make full use of whatever time I have on hand. Players have been practicing regularly at the indoor academy (in Bandra Kurla Complex), so it&rsquo;s just a matter of regrouping,&rdquo; Rajput told MiD DAY.
Heated meet The MCA had sought permission of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to release Rajput, who is the India &lsquo;A&rsquo; coach, for Mumbai duty.
Meanwhile, yesterday&rsquo;s Managing Committee meeting of which Rajput was a part of, was quite a heated one, it is learnt. Sources said many members were not happy with the selection of 36 probables for the one-day tournament. &ldquo;There are a lot of deserving players who have been consistently doing well in local tournaments but have not been considered in the probables,&rdquo; said a source.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) yesterday finally confirmed the appointment of Lalchand Rajput as coach of the Mumbai team for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-dayers and the season-ending Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

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