WV Raman News
The team management and Harmanpreet took a collective call to drop senior player Mithali Raj for the World T20 semifinal against England, triggering a massive controversy.
Former India opener Raman was appointed in December following a selection process conducted by an ad-hoc panel comprising former captain Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy.
India's batswomen failed to score three runs in the final over in an embarrassing capitulation, gifting England a one-run win in the third T20 International and a 0-3 series whitewash on Saturday.
India suffered a crushing 41-run loss to England in the first T20 of the three-match series on Sunday.
The loss, India's fifth in a row in the shortest format, showed the WV Raman-coached side has a lot of work to do before the T20 World Cup in Australia early next year.
England women led by Heather Knight recorded a consolation win in the final ODI of the three-match series against India after being handed a target of 206 runs to chase.
More importantly, India grabbed four crucial points in the ICC Women's championship as the race for securing direct qualification spots for the 2021 World Cup heats up.
During last year's women's T20 tri-series, Mandhana had said that she was throwing her wicket away after setting herself in.
Mithali has so far scored 2283 runs from 85 T20 Internationals with the highest score of 97 and 17 half-centuries to her credit.
Ahead of the series, the Indian women's cricket team had found itself in the middle of a furore when ODI skipper Mithali Raj and then coach Ramesh Powar had a fallout during the semifinal of the T20 World Cup in West Indies.
Mithali also stressed that as the ODI captain she will bring the team together.
Mithali has also been recalled in the 15-member Indian T20I squad, which will be led by Harmanpreet and vice-captained by Smriti Mandhana.
From his cricketing days, Raman is best remembered for being the first Indian to score a century in South Africa during the 1992-93 tour.
However, a cloud of uncertainty remains over Kirsten's appointment as the South African is not keen on giving up his plum job with Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Technically, Dravid is well within his rights to join his IPL franchise as all Indian support staff's contracts end on March 31 while the Emerging Trophy will end on April 5
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