Abhay Sharma appointed as head coach of Delhi

Abhay Sharma, the former India ‘A’ and U-19 team fielding coach, has been appointed as the head coach of Delhi’s senior domestic cricket team. Former selector Gagan Khoda has been chosen as the chief selector.

Abhay Sharma played 89 first-class matches in a career spanning 16 years. | Photo Credit: G. P. SAMPATH KUMAR

Abhay Sharma, former captain of Railways, will be the chief coach of Delhi’s senior cricket team during the upcoming 2022-23 season.

The DDCA president Rohan Jaitley announced the following list of selectors, coaches and support staff on Friday.

Men

Selection Committee: Messrs Gagan Khoda, Mayank Sidana and Anil Bharadwaj;

Observer: CAC Chairperson/nominee;

Coaches: Abhay Sharma (Chief coach), Parvinder Awana (Assistant coach) and N. S. Negi (fielding coach);

Managers: Sachin Gupta and Agnesh Kumar Surya;

Trainer: Yuvraj Salvi;

Physio: Parmeet Singh.

Men (U-25)

Coaches: Pankaj Singh (Chief coach), Sumit Dogra (Assistant coach) and V. Arvind (Assistant coach).

Managers: Sandeep Joshi and Lalit Rawat;

Trainer: Prashant Pujar;

Physio: Gajender.

Junior (Under-19)

Selection Committee: Messrs Akash Malhotra, J. P. Pandey, Abhishek Sharma;

Coaches: Jaswant Rai (Chief coach), Shankar Saini (Assistant coach) and Yogesh Nagar (Assistant coach).

Observer: CAC Chairperson/nominee.

Managers: Vivek Khurana and Deepak Sharma;

Trainer: Karun Mehra;

Physio: Abhishek Sawant.

Women

Selection Committee: Messrs Amita Sharma, Vandana Gupta and Sonu Sharma.

Observer: CAC Chairperson/nominee.

Coaches: Dishant Yagnik (Chief coach), Jaya Sharma (Assistant coach) and Khyati Guliani (Fielding coach).

Managers: Amanjeet Dhillon and Faruna Singh; Trainer: Arjun; Physio: Khyanti Sharma.