Panaji: The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has confirmed the appointment of Milap Mewada as head coach for the 2025-26 season.Goa won the plate division as a coach with Dinesh Mongia in the back-ranked teams, but the former International is understood that he had taken himself out of the job, told GCA officials that he was “unavailable”.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Goa was then offered Mewada’s services and, given their profile, the authorities were in a hurry to end the deal.
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“Mewada is an excellent choice for Goa,” a senior official on Wednesday told TOI after a GCA Managing Committee meeting. “His track record as a batting coach has been excellent and he will be able to guide our players properly. Wherever he has coached, the results have been impressive.”
A wicketkeeper-botter, Mewada never topped it as a player, continuously disappeared at a early place for Baroda, where Nayan Mongia was the first choice. Before starting his coaching career, between 1996 and 2005, he played 11 first class and 26 list-A matches for Baroda for Baroda, where he made a name for himself, which was appointed as a batting coach for Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup in 2023.50-year-old Mewada has worked with several state teams including Jammu and Kashmir, which they took to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy in 2019-20. His other stents include coaching assignments along with Baroda, Chhattisgarh and Hyderabad.“He will be the head coach of Goa, in which all other coaches will report to him.”Former India’s Pesar Dodda Ganesh has been appointed as a bowling coach, working as a head coach for the first four years.
