Cooley is widely regarded as one of the best fast bowling coaches in world cricket.
His greatest moment of glory as England’s bowling coach came during the historic 2005 Ashes, where the home team’s fast bowlers became a nightmare for the Australian batsmen.
The Success of Andrew Flintoff, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones and Steve Harmison This was attributed to Cooley’s presence in the English dressing room and his role in the plot of the Australian collapse.
“I would say one of the biggest successes for both Sourav (Ganguly) and Jay (Shah) is convincing Troy Cooley to work with India’s next fast bowlers at the National Cricket Academy (NCA),” said BCCI. A senior official informed about the development. told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
“We are hearing that BCCI is awarding a three-year contract to Coolie and he will coordinate closely with head of cricket VVS Laxman.
Following his massive success in the English fold in 2005, Cooley was drafted into Australia the following year and served for the 2010–11 season after which he joined Cricket Australia’s Center of Excellence in Brisbane.
BCCI ready to launch special fast bowlers’ contracts
With Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav all on the wrong side of their 30s and will probably only be there for two years, the BCCI is already planning how to prepare the next crop of fast bowlers and A decision to be taken is an ‘exclusive young pacer contract’.
Ganguly, Shah are understood to be trying to work out a contract with head coach Dravid and NCA chief Laxman that is separate and separate from the central contract.
It is learned that Cooley and Laxman will pick 10 young fast bowlers who are not currently at the national level or who do not have a central contract.
These young fast bowlers will be selected from junior and first-class cricket and will be given contracts of ‘BCCI fast bowlers’. He will be evaluated by Dravid and Laxman to see if he can be included in the pathway team (India A) and then in the senior team.
Hrishikesh Kanitkar, SS Das appointed batting coach
Former India player Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Shiv Sunder Das He has returned to the National Cricket Academy in his familiar role as a batting coach. The third batting coach in the group is Sitanshu Kotak, who is set to travel to South Africa with the India A team.
Former Mumbai leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule spin will be the bowling coach while there are three fielding coaches appointed by the BCCI for the NCA specific role Subhadeep Ghosh, T Dileep and Munish Bali.
Dileep is currently working with the Indian senior team for the series against New Zealand, while Subhadeep is currently on his way to South Africa with the A team.
Bali is expected to work with India Under-19s.
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