The Sunday News
Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE senior national men’s cricket team coach, Indian Lalchand Rajput has proclaimed that he is staying put in his position.
Speculation has been rife in the media regarding a move elsewhere for the 58-year-old mentor.
Rajput, in a statement sent by Zimbabwe Cricket stated that he is fully devoted to seeing to the end the three-year contract he signed with ZC, which runs up to the end of September 2021.
“I am contracted with the ZC board until September 2021 and I have no intention to leave before that. I have a contractual obligation and I abide by that,” he said.
Rajput, a 2007 International Cricket Council Twenty20 winner with India is at the moment in his home country where he has been since March when governments across the world imposed lockdown restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
His employers are however devising strategies to have him back in Harare as soon as possible so that he can take charge of Zimbabwe’s preparations for a potential home tour against Afghanistan that has been lined up for July-August.
A squad of 37 national cricketers started camp on Monday, with players training in their provinces due to the country’s lockdown regulations. The players as well as supporting staff underwent Covid-19 tests last week, with all of them testing negative, which paved the way for them to resume training.
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