VADODARA: When Afghanistan certified for the ICC World Cup in 2018 and got here up with some aggressive performances, this Indian was rubbing his fingers in glee as he had skilled them for 4 months starting January 2018.
Mrugang Desai, popularly known as Monty, whose household has roots in Gujarat, was the batting coach of the group and performed a key position in upskilling the efficiency of the group from a war-battered nation.
Subsequent, it was a deja vu second for Desai when Nepal, a group he has been teaching since 2023, certified for the T20 World Cup to be performed in June this yr. Desai is the top coach of Nepal and has been working onerous to make the unit a squad to reckon with in worldwide cricket.
A former cricketer residing in Mumbai, Desai took up the gauntlet of teaching underdog cricket groups to extract the perfect out of them.
“I take it as a problem (to teach underdogs) and devise methods to not simply coach the groups but in addition increase their confidence to tackle the perfect. To date, it has been a very good stint as a coach,” mentioned the 50-year-old.
Desai labored with the Canadian group as a head coach within the ICC World Cup league division from March 2019 to Could 2019. He additionally served because the batting coach of the UAE squad on the ICC T20 World Cup qualification event from Aug 2019 to Nov 2019. Desai joined the West Indies group as a batting coach from Dec 2019 to Dec 2022.
“Working with so many groups from totally different nations has been an ideal studying expertise for me as nicely. I may see their tradition from up shut and perceive their likes and dislikes earlier than devising my teaching methods,” he revealed.
He additionally has expertise of teaching varied IPL groups in addition to the home groups in India. From 2008-2011, Desai was the assistant coach of Rajasthan Royals, and the efficiency coach for Gujarat Lions from Feb 2016 to March 2017.
Desai performed cricket on the membership degree in Mumbai however he has immense information and keenness for teaching.
“Former India cricketer Hanumant Singh was my guru. I spent numerous time with him at Cricket Membership of India in Mumbai. I at all times needed to be a coach,” Desai mentioned. He’s presently tenting in Vapi with the Nepal nationwide cricket group that’s taking part in in opposition to Baroda and Gujarat groups.
‘Experiences of Afghanistan gamers was unsettling’
Teaching the Afghanistan cricket group on UAE cricket grounds was an expertise that Desai will always remember.
“A few of them used to share tales of their properties being bombed and their family members being focused in Afghanistan. It was unsettling however these gamers are mentally so robust.”
Mrugang Desai, popularly known as Monty, whose household has roots in Gujarat, was the batting coach of the group and performed a key position in upskilling the efficiency of the group from a war-battered nation.
Subsequent, it was a deja vu second for Desai when Nepal, a group he has been teaching since 2023, certified for the T20 World Cup to be performed in June this yr. Desai is the top coach of Nepal and has been working onerous to make the unit a squad to reckon with in worldwide cricket.
A former cricketer residing in Mumbai, Desai took up the gauntlet of teaching underdog cricket groups to extract the perfect out of them.
“I take it as a problem (to teach underdogs) and devise methods to not simply coach the groups but in addition increase their confidence to tackle the perfect. To date, it has been a very good stint as a coach,” mentioned the 50-year-old.
Desai labored with the Canadian group as a head coach within the ICC World Cup league division from March 2019 to Could 2019. He additionally served because the batting coach of the UAE squad on the ICC T20 World Cup qualification event from Aug 2019 to Nov 2019. Desai joined the West Indies group as a batting coach from Dec 2019 to Dec 2022.
“Working with so many groups from totally different nations has been an ideal studying expertise for me as nicely. I may see their tradition from up shut and perceive their likes and dislikes earlier than devising my teaching methods,” he revealed.
He additionally has expertise of teaching varied IPL groups in addition to the home groups in India. From 2008-2011, Desai was the assistant coach of Rajasthan Royals, and the efficiency coach for Gujarat Lions from Feb 2016 to March 2017.
Desai performed cricket on the membership degree in Mumbai however he has immense information and keenness for teaching.
“Former India cricketer Hanumant Singh was my guru. I spent numerous time with him at Cricket Membership of India in Mumbai. I at all times needed to be a coach,” Desai mentioned. He’s presently tenting in Vapi with the Nepal nationwide cricket group that’s taking part in in opposition to Baroda and Gujarat groups.
‘Experiences of Afghanistan gamers was unsettling’
Teaching the Afghanistan cricket group on UAE cricket grounds was an expertise that Desai will always remember.
“A few of them used to share tales of their properties being bombed and their family members being focused in Afghanistan. It was unsettling however these gamers are mentally so robust.”
