Rajasthan Royals ropes in Muzumdar, Bahutule as coaches

While Muzumdar will be working with the batsmen, Bahutule—who is also the Bengal head-coach—is expected to look after the bowlers.

Amol Muzumder and Sairaj Bahutule listen in as Zubin Bharucha interacts with the Royals' recruits at the Brabourne Stadium on Tuesday.

Rajasthan Royals, after roping in Australian spin great Shane Warne as a mentor for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, has now hired Amol Muzumdar and Sairaj Bahutule as coaches.

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While Muzumdar will be working with the batsmen, Bahutule—who is also the Bengal head-coach—is expected to look after the bowlers.

While the officials remained tight-lipped on the development, Sportstar has learnt that both Muzumdar and Bahutule took charge a few weeks ago. They would be working alongside Royals' cricket director Zubin Bharucha.

Both Bahutule and Muzumdar—also former team-mates in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy side—attended the first two-day team camp at the Brabourne Stadium on Tuesday. It will see seven Indian players undergo training.

On day one, young guns—Aryaman Birla, Mahipal Lomror, S Midhun and Jatin Saxena—attended the role specification camp.

Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane too was in attendance to encourage the players. He also had a long chat with Royals’ executive chairman, Ranjit Barthakur.

Shane Warne — who captained Royals for four seasons, from 2008 to 2011—will miss the first half of the camp but is expected to join the team towards the end of March .