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Zimbabwe Cricket appoints former Afghanistan head coach Rajput in interim role

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has appointed Lalchand Rajput as the interim head coach of the senior men’s national team.

Lalchand Rajput

The 56-year-old is expected to start work immediately ahead of the triangular Twenty20 international (T20I) series involving Zimbabwe, Australia and Pakistan in Harare in July.

Rajput is a highly qualified, vastly experienced and well-respected coach who was in charge when India won the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.

Apart from his success with India, he was also Afghanistan’s head coach and led them to Test status. He parted ways with them because he was not comfortable with working out of Kabul due to safety issues.

He has also coached the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, while his stellar work as the coaching director of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s National Cricket Academy is well-documented.

As a player, Rajput was a solid opening batsman who played Test and one-day international cricket for India.

Rajput will now be expected to put together a technical team for upcoming tours.

Zimbabwe Cricket did not reveal how long the interim role will last.

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