Greater Noida One-Off Test: THIS Former Team India Coach Joins New Zealand Support Staff With Rangana Herath Ahead Of Afghanistan Clash

Former World Test Championship (WTC) winners New Zealand have boosted their enhance body of workers beforehand of the one-off Test against Afghanistan which gets below way on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex Stadium in Greater Noida from Monday (September 9). The Blackcaps have added former India batting coach Vikram Rathour and former Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath to their enhance body of workers beforehand of the Test match.

Rathour played six Tests for India within the late Nineties sooner than changing right into a selector of the national side in 2012 and most recently led the formidable Indian batting unit below head coach Rahul Dravid. New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said Herath and Rathour would now no longer most effective bring ‘new knowledge’ to the group but besides ‘insights into the local conditions’.

“We’re in actuality excited to introduce Rangana and Vikram into our Test group,” Stead became quoted as saying in an NZC statement.

“Both men are held in high regard within the world of cricket and I do know our players are in actuality watching for the chance to learn from them. For our three left-arm orthodox spinners in particular, Ajaz, Mitch and Rachin, having the chance to work with Rangana across three Tests on the sub-continent may be hugely an exceptional suggestion. Rangana has taken over a hundred Test wickets in Galle which is the venue of our two Tests against Sri Lanka and so his knowledge of that venue may be priceless,” Stead added.

Rangana Herath has been appointed as spin-bowling coach for the three upcoming Tests in Asia while former Indian batting coach Vikram Rathour has joined the BLACKCAPS for the one-off Test in Noida against Afghanistan. #AFGvNZ #SLvNZ https://t.co/faF2cFarMo

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) September 6, 2024

Sri Lankan spin maestro Rangana Herath has been appointed as spin-bowling coach for the three upcoming Tests in Asia, replacing former Pakistan spinner and coach Saqlain Mushtaq who became on the starting up announced to fill the temporary role sooner than pulling out to take up a position with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Herath, the foremost prolific left-arm orthodox Test spinner of all time, will stay on with the side through to the two ICC World Test Championship matches in his fatherland of Sri Lanka later this month. The one-off Test against Afghanistan starts in Greater Noida on Monday.

After this assignment, Rathour is expected to subscribe to Dravid on the Rajasthan Royals team beforehand of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. Former India head coach Dravid has already signed up with Royals as their new head coach.

Rathour’s last assignment with the Indian team became the T20 World Cup 2024 winning campaign within the U. S. and West Indies earlier this year.