Kenya cricket team has replaced former Indian cricketer Dodda Ganesh as the head coach just one month after his appointment. Lameck Onyango & Joseph Angara will resume as the country’s coaches for the 2027 CWC Challenge League Group A round in September. As per reports, Cricket Kenya passed a resolution which declared the contract made with Ganesh in August as void.
Kenya replace Dodda Ganesh as coach
As per reports, Cricket Kenya passed a resolution to declare Ganesh’s contract as void, citing irregularities in the hiring process.
“Under a resolution of the executive board of Cricket Kenya passed on Wednesday, 28 August 2024, and anchored under inter alia Articles 5.9 and 8.4.3 of the Cricket Kenya Constitution, we wish to notify you that the executive board has declined to ratify your appointment as head coach of the men’s cricket national team for want of following established procedures,” read the letter signed by Cricket Kenya’s Director of Women’s Cricket, Pearlyne Omami.
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Dodda Ganesh was given a one-year contract and was announced as the new coach in a ceremony at the Sikh Union Club in Nairobi in August. Ganesh had set his sights on ensuring Kenya’s return to the World Cup.
Kenya failed to make it to the ODI World Cup after 2011. The most impressive performance of the side came in the 2003 World Cup when they made it to the semi-finals only to lose against India. The ICC Division 2 Challenge League will mark the start of Kenya’s journey to make it back to the ODI World Cup
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