Former Tamil Nadu participant and India under-19 captain M. Senthilnathan has been appointed head coach of the Tamil Nadu senior men’s team for the upcoming home season.
Senthilnathan might be TN’s third head coach in as a few years. He replaces former India pacer L. Balaji, who was on the helm final 12 months.
Meanwhile, one other former India quick bowler, T. Kumaran, would be the bowling coach, whereas Tanveer Jabbar will proceed because the batting coach, a task he began final 12 months.
The State senior team has had a barren run in the previous couple of years and final gained a title within the 2021-22 season when it clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 event.
Senthilnathan, an aggressive batter throughout his enjoying days and was a part of TN’s final Ranji Trophy-winning squad in 1987-88, has now been tasked with ending the extended drought. Handling tempo bowlingOne of the largest duties forward of him might be to assist handle the TN’s batters tackling high quality tempo bowling, particularly in circumstances the place help is obtainable for the quicks.
Similarly, managing the pacers might be one other key space for Senthilnathan, who has been the pinnacle coach of the MRF Pace Foundation for greater than a decade.
Speaking to The Hindu, the 56-year-old harassed that his focus is on serving to the team play an aggressive model of cricket.
“We want to play fearless cricket, and I don’t want any player to feel the pressure of playing for his place,” mentioned Senthilnathan.
“My role is to get the best out of them and create an atmosphere where they can easily approach me for help. We want to do well in all formats, but yes, the Ranji Trophy is the pinnacle. At the same time, I don’t want to set lofty goals, but I want to approach them step by step,” he added.
State senior choice committee (Men): Chairman: Okay. Shri Vasudeva Das; members: M. Santhosh Kumar, S. Suresh Kumar, S. Srinivason, B. Ramprakash.
State junior choice committee: Chairman: D. Girish; members: Okay.H. Gopinath, R. Suthesh, I. L. Rajkumar, A. P. Suresh Kumar, S. Chandramouli.
Coaching employees: State senior team: M. Senthil Nathan (head coach); Tanveer Jabbar (batting coach); T. Kumaran (bowling coach).
Under–23: V. R.S. Guru Kedarnath (head coach); V. Maruthi Raghav (assistant coach).
U-19: V. Yo Mahesh (head coach); Okay. Varun Kumar (assistant coach); C. S. Santhosh (fielding coach).
U-16: Wilkins Vijay Victor (head coach); R. Tarun (assistant coach).
Published – May 06, 2025 10:26 pm IST
