BCCI retain Bangar and Sridhar for Champions Trophy 2017

THE BCCI has retained the services of batting coach Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar for the upcoming ICC Champions League in England. 

It is learnt that their contracts, which had officially concluded in March, were going to be scheduled for a discussion in June. The only change that the team staff is set to undergo is the replacement of team manager Amit Patel with Kapil Malhotra. Kapil had travelled with the team during their limited-overs tour to Australia last year. As reported by IndianExpress, BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary stated,

“It is decided that the support staff will remain the same at the Champions Trophy with the only change being Kapil Malhotra taking over as manager. Bangar and Sridhar have been asked to extend their services for the duration of the tournament and then it will be decided what needs to be done.”

The ICC Champions Trophy is set to get underway on June 1. However, India will play two practice games before they play their first group stage game against Pakistan on June 4.

Meanwhile, COA head Vinod Rai has invited ICC chairman Shashank Manohar to watch the IPL final game at Hyderabad.

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