GUWAHATI: On 1 July, the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) appointed former Indian cricketer Ajay Ratra as the coach of the Assam senior team for the next season.
During the 2017 season, Ratra was the coach of Assam’s Under-19 team.
In his cricketing career, he had played 6 test matches and 12 One Day International (ODI) matches for India. He was also the youngest wicket-keeper to make a century in the Test match in 2002 (115 not out).
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The ACA has also appointed former Assam Ranji cricketer Arlen Konwar and Railways cricketer Subhadeep Ghosh as the bowling coach and fielding coach respectively.
It should be noted that besides the current coach, Syed Zakaria Zuffri and former Assam player, Subhrajit Saikia and several former international players including Dinesh Mongia, Sairaj Bahutule, Shiv Sunder Das and Ajay Ratra had applied for the post of head coach.
