Vadodara: Former Aussie cricketer Dav Whatmore is set to return as coach for the Baroda team. Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) president, Pranav Amin, said that Whatmore will join the association as coach of the Ranji team in the upcoming cricketing season.
“We had roped him in last season but he couldn’t fly down to India due to some visa issues. Whatmore contacted us and informed us about his decision about joining Nepal’s cricket team as coach,” Amin told TOI. “But Whatmore had said he will join us whenever it is possible. He will join Baroda in the upcoming season,” he added.
The Baroda team was left in the lurch last season when Whatmore expressed his inability to join them just three weeks ahead of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Tournament. He had informed the top BCA management in December last year that he won’t take up the assignment due to visa/immigration embargo on travelling to India on business visa due to Covid restrictions on travel.
The BCA had hired 66-year-old Whatmore in April last year and he had also taken an online session with the BCA coaches in June 2020. Whatmore has served as coach for national teams of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the past, apart from coaching an IPL team. His last assignment was with Kerala Ranji squad.