Darren Holder appointed as Maharashtra coach
The Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) today announced the appointment of Darren Holder as the coach of the state side as well as Director of Cricket
PTI
22-Jun-2005
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Darren Holder, an Australian coach, has been appointed as the coach of the Maharashtra side and also made the Director of Cricket by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA). A bachelor of health science from Griffith University, 30-year-old Darren Holder, who had worked as assistant coach and performance analyst to John Buchanan, Australia's current coach, would begin his assignment from July onwards, Ajay Shirke, the MCA president, told PTI.
About the tenure for which Holder has been appointed, Shirke said that it was for eight months, the full cricket season. Besides coaching the senior team, as Director of
Cricket, Holder is expected to run a high-performance cricket training programme throughout Maharashtra for all age groups of cricket players, he said.
It was the second time that a foreigner has been appointed as a coach of an Indian state cricket team. Earlier, Punjab had taken the services of Intikab Alam, the former Pakistan captain. After Greg Chappell, who has formally taken over as the coach of national cricket team, Holder becomes the second Australian to coach a team in the country in quick succession.