A day after Sulakshan Kulkarni refused to take up the Mumbai's senior team's coaching job due to certain terms and conditions in the contract, it is learnt that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has offered the job to Vinayak Samant, who coached the team last season.

Three months ago MCA's Cricket Improvement Committee chaired by former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar shortlisted three coaches — Kulkarni, ex-India leggie Sairaj Bahutule (who later joined Gujarat) and Samant. "Samant was called to the MCA office yesterday and was offered the job. He has agreed to take it up," a source told mid-day yesterday.