With the Women's T20 World Cup just two months away, BCCI transferred the head coach Ramesh Powar to the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Though BCCI has not named an immediate replacement for Powar, but former India batter Hrishikesh Kanitkar has been appointed as the new batting coach of Women In Blue.
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Kanitkar will join the women's team in the upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia, which starts on December 9 in Mumbai.
As per the BCCI restructuring module, Powar will now join VVS Laxman at NCA and will switch to men's cricket.
Under Powar's coaching, the Women's Team failed to qualify for the semifinal of the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand while settled for a Silver in Birmingham Commonwealth Games.