VADODARA: Sri Lanka's World Cup winning Australian coach
Dav Whatmore was on Sunday appointed Baroda's Ranji team coach as well as
Director of Cricket
, state body's secretary Ajit Lele confirmed.
The PTI had reported a couple of days back that Whatmore was set to become the Baroda coach having been in charge of Kerala team last season.
Whatmore is a noted coach, who was also in charge of India U-19 team that won the junior World Cup in Malaysia back in 2008 under Virat Kohli's captaincy.
BCA secretary Lele told PTI: "Whatmore has been appointed as coach of the
Ranji Trophy team and also the Director of Cricket for a period of two years."
In his role as Director of
Cricket
, the age-group coaches, U-23, U-19 and U-16 will be guided by the Australian, Lele said.
It is learnt that after BCA offered him the job, Whatmore gave a go-ahead from his end and communicated his decision to former Mumbai batsman Shishir Hattangadi, who is the CEO of the Association.
Following a dismal season, Whatmore had parted ways with Kerala after spending three years with the southern side.