LUCKNOW: Former India spinner
Sunil Joshi has been appointed as coach of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team for a one-year term, the
UPCA
has announced.
The former left-arm spinner from
Karnataka will join the training camp on September 20.
The Karnataka stalwart, who was Bangladesh's spin consultant till the World Cup, had applied for the Indian team's bowling coach job but was not shortlisted.
"We have appointed Sunil Joshi as coach of our team for one year. He will join the camp before the Vijay Hazare trophy,"
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
(UPCA) Secretary Yudhvir Singh said.
Mansur Ali Khan
had coached the side in the last season. The UPCA has not yet decided on captaincy.
UP had won their maiden and only Ranji title in 2005-06 and have been runners-up five times.
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