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- Updated: June 3, 2016
India Women’s captain Mithali Raj has expressed the need for more support staff in the team, even as she welcomed the BCCI’s decision to allow India’s women cricketers to play in foreign leagues.
Raj’s observations came in the wake of the BCCI’s women’s cricket committee meeting earlier this week, which deliberated on the creation of an expansive vision document that will, among other things, deal with the appointment of support staff.
“I personally think we need to have a more enhanced support staff,” Raj told ESPNcricinfo. “That’s the first thing I will look into. For the World Cup [World T20], we just had a coach, manager, physio and trainer. Probably if we have a fielding coach or an assistant coach it will enhance the team as there won’t be too much pressure on the coach to look after everything.
“The coach can’t deal with everything. [For instance] when some of us are batting in the nets, there is nobody to give fielding practice to the other girls as the coach would be at the nets.”
Raj also stressed on the need to commence preparations for the 50-over World Cup next year in England, and said it would be ideal to have preparatory camps ahead of India’s forthcoming series against West Indies and Pakistan. “With pretty much a year [for the World Cup] to go, we should start our preparation as soon as possible,” she said. “Both these series are going to be vital in terms of points and preparation.
“I would prefer to …
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