Former opener Vikram Rathour will replace Sanjay Bangar as India’s new batting coach while Bharath Arun and R. Sridhar were retained asbowling and fielding coaches. The senior national selection committee headed by MSK Prasad recommended three names each for all the support staff positions and the top names in each category will be appointed after the formalities with regard to Conflict of Interest declaration is complete. The 50-year-old Rathour has played six Tests and seven ODIs in 1996 without much success but was a domestic heavy weight for Punjab. Till 2016, he was a senior national selector under Sandeep Patil’s chairmanship.
