Venkatesh Prasad set to coach in APL- 2018
Venkatesh Prasad is all set to coach an Afghanistan Premier League franchise in the upcoming tournament, that kicks off next month.
Former Indian pacer Venkatesh Prasad is all set to don coach’s hat again as the 49-year-old will be coaching Afghanistan Premier League’s franchise Nangarhar in the upcoming season of the tournament, as per a report in Sportstar. A former member of team India’s coaching staff, Prasad is currently associated with Kings XI Punjab. He joined the Indian Premier League franchise before the start of this year’s tournament as the bowling coach. He had to leave his job as the chief of the junior selection panel to take up the post to avoid the conflict of interest issue.
Prasad joins Nangarhar with a bag full of experience in coaching. Apart from coaching the Indian team and Kings XI Punjab, he has coached other IPL franchises like Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings as well. He was one of the candidates who had also applied for the post of head coach of Indian cricket team in 2016.
Meanwhile, the inaugural season of Afghanistan Premier League kicks off on October 5. Nangarhar franchise is slated to play its first game on October 6. The final of the tournament will be played on October 21.
Squads:
Balkh: Chris Gayle, Colin Munro, Mohammad Nabi, Ravi Bopara, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Irfan, Ben Laughlin, Karman Akmal, Qais Ahmed, Usman Ghani, Ikrain Alikhil, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tariq Skanikzai, Asadullah Matani, Samiullah Salarzai, Farhan Zakhil, Mohammad Nawaz, and Darwish Rasooli.
Kabul: Rashid Khan, Luke Ronchi, Hazrat Zazai, Colin Ingram, Farid Malik, Javed Ahmadi, Sohail Tanvir, Laurie Evans, Wayne Parnell, Shahidullah, Muslim Musa, Afsar Khan Zazi, Muhammad Ashan Ali Khan, Zahir Shirzad, Fitrat Khawry, Usman Adil, Shawkat Zaman, Nasir Totakhil, and Zamir Khan.
Kandahar: Brendon McCullum, Wahab Riaz, Asghar Afghan, Paul Stirling, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Tymal Mills, Sam Billings, Iftkhar Ahmed, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadeq, Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Naveed, Waqar, Abdul Baqi, Waheed Shafaq, Waqarullah Ishaq, and Nazir Jamal.
Nangarhar: Andre Russell, Tamim Iqbal, Mujeeb Zadran, Ben Cutting, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Najibullah Taraki, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahmat Shah, Naveen Ul Haq, Zahir Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Fazal Haq, Imran Janat, Nasratullah Quarishi, Khyber Omar, Ibrahim Zadran, and Faal Nazai.
Paktia: Shahid Afridi, Thisara Perera, Mohammad Shahzad, Cameron Delport, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Chris Jordan, Faheem Ashraf, Luke Wright, Amatullah Omerzai, Rahmanullah Garbaz, Zia Urhaman Akber, Calum Macleod, Tahir Adil, Yousaf Zazi, and Fazal Zazai.
