Patil to replace Whatmore as NCA director
October 14th, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
- New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Former India batsman Sandeep Patil has been appointed as the director of cricket operations of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) following Australian Dave Whatmore’s resignation.
Whatmore, who is likely to take over as the Kolkata Knight Riders coach, resigned from the post and Patil will take over from Nov 1.
Whatmore, who coached the 1996 World Cup winning Sri Lankan team, will replace his compatriot John Buchanan, who was sacked after Knight Riders’ disastrous show in both the editions of the IPL.
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