Mumbai: The Association of Cricket Mumbai (MCA) wants to have former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar as a ‘mentor’ for the Trophy Ranji team in the upcoming season, which began in January.
This step occurred after Mumbai’s domestic giant appeared horribly in both white ball tournaments – Trophy Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Trophy – Under Amol Muzumdar.
Champion Ranji lakies Ranji eliminated from the league stage of both tournaments.
The idea of making a 65-year-old Vengsarkar, a Stalwart of 116 tests and former MCA office carriers, was wrapped around the treasurer of the Cricket Body, Jagdish Achrekar.
In an email to MCA President Vijay Patil, Achrekar wrote, “I referred to my letter on December 13 to summon the Apex Board meeting which was urgent to discuss the performance of various teams of Mumbai, especially the men’s senior team.” “Because no response appeared so far, I asked you to think of a mentor to improve the morale of our senior men’s senior team.
I might suggest that we have famous players like Dilip Vengsarkar Sir, Balwinder Singh Sandhu Sir, Millind Rege Sir & Raju Kulkarni Sir, who might advance to help Mumbai Cricket in this period of crisis, “Achrekar wrote in a letter, a copy that had PTI.
Furthermore, this problem was discussed at the MCA meeting held here on Tuesday.
“After the initial Apex Board meeting, Dr.
Patil spoke with Vengsarkar and asked him to become a team mentor Ranji,” a senior MCA official, who in knowing the development, to PTI on Wednesday.
Vengsarkar has an eye for talent and has become a former chairman of the national selector.
At present, the Mumbai team is trained by the domestic Stalwart Muzumdar and for Trophy Ranji, they are exchanged at Elite Group C along with Karnataka, Delhi, Hyderabad, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra and will play their league stage matches in Kolkata.
MCA wants Vengsarkar as a ‘mentor’ for the Mumbai Ranji team
