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Yere Goud back as Karnataka head coach as PV Shashikanth moves to Tripura
Goud steps up from the Under-23 side, which he coached to a maiden CK Nayudu Trophy title this year
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-Aug-2024
Former batter Yere Goud has been named Karnataka head coach ahead of the 2024-25 Indian domestic season, PTI reported on Thursday. He replaces PV Shashikanth, who has joined Tripura as head coach.
Goud steps up from the Under-23 side, which he coached to a maiden CK Nayudu Trophy title this year. He had coached the senior side for four seasons from 2018.
Goud, 52, played 134 first-class games, 49 List A games and seven T20s between 1994-95 and 2011. He totalled 7650 runs in first-class cricket, at 45.53.
Full postMandeep moves to Tripura; Samarth leaves Karnataka for Uttarakhand
Mandeep, who led Punjab to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title in 2023-24, will be joined by Jiwanjot Singh at Tripura
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Aug-2024
Tripura have acquired the services of Mandeep Singh for the upcoming season. Mandeep, who led Punjab to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title in 2023-24, fills the spot vacated by Wriddhiman Saha, who was with the side for the past two seasons as captain and mentor.
Saha has confirmed his return to Bengal along with top-order batter Sudip Chatterjee after a "friendly discussion" with Sourav Ganguly, who doesn't hold an official position in Bengal cricket but is hugely influential. The first sign of things to come was when Saha was picked as one of the marquee players in the Bengal T20 League in June.
Saha, who will turn 40 this year, had left Bengal following a public fallout with a CAB official who accused him of giving "all sorts of excuses" to skip Ranji Trophy matches. Saha, who played the last of his 40 Tests in December 2021, has so far featured in 136 first-class matches and has been in two Ranji Trophy finals for Bengal.
Full postTN allrounder Aparajith to move to Kerala
Kuldeep Sen has also left Tamil Nadu after a season-long stint to rejoin Madhya Pradesh, his former team
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Aug-2024
After more than a decade of first-class cricket, Tamil Nadu batting allrounder B Aparajith is set to move to Kerala. Aparajith's move had been on the cards since June, when he was approached informally by the Kerala association, which had been on the lookout for a professional.
The vacancy came up because Shreyas Gopal, the legspinning allrounder, decided to move back to Karnataka after one season with Kerala.
Aparajith wasn't picked in the Ranji Trophy squad last year during Tamil Nadu's run to the Ranji semi-final. At Kerala, he hopes to be able to play across formats. He is also seen as a potential leadership option if Sanju Samson isn't available.
Full postPunjab set to sign Wasim Jaffer as head coach
He will replace former India and Mumbai fast bowler Aavishkar Salvi
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Aug-2024
Wasim Jaffer will replace former India and Mumbai fast bowler Aavishkar Salvi as head coach of Punjab. Salvi, who was at the helm when Punjab lifted their maiden Mushtaq Ali crown last season, has taken over as bowling coach of the India women's team.
Jaffer, the highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy history, has previously held coaching roles at Vidarbha, Uttarakhand and Odisha. Until recently, Jaffer had been batting consultant with the Bangladesh Cricket Board. That stint ended in June. He has also been part of the coaching setup at Punjab Kings in the IPL.
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