HCA appoints Narender Singh as bowling coach

The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has named their former player, Narender Pal Singh as the team’s bowling coach for the upcoming season. The bowling coach will be working along with the Hyderabad’s newly appointed head coach, J Arunkumar. During the previous season, Bharat Arun worked as a head coach and also a bowling coach. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed him as the bowling coach of the national team which left a void in the Hyderabad team’s support staff.

Narender, Anirudh roped in by HCA

Narender Singh will be acting as the bowling coach for both the Senior and Junior teams of Hyderabad. During the Apex Council meeting held on 2nd September, HCA had taken the decision of hiring the services of NP Singh. Another former player of Hyderabad, Anirudh Singh, will be seen taking up the coaching role of the Under-23 side.

“The Apex Council meeting which was held on 2nd Sep 2017 at RGICS, Uppal, Hyderabad, has nominated Mr. N P Singh as Bowling Coach for Senior and Junior Teams, Mr. Anirudh Singh as Hyderabad under -23 Coach.” HCA press release stated.

Narender Pal Singh was one of the prominent names in Hyderabad during the 1990s and early 2000s. The right-arm pacer featured in 97 first-class matches for Hyderabad in 14 consecutive seasons after making his debut in 1993. He scalped a total of 305 wickets at an average of 26.81 for his domestic team which includes 16 five-wicket hauls.

Narender, Rayudu have played together

NP Singh bagged 67 List A wickets as well in the 43 One-Day games he represented for Hyderabad. Narender announced his retirement in the 2005/06 season following his omission from the squad as Hyderabad started focussing on youth. Ambati Rayudu, who was a former teammate of Narender, will captain Hyderabad this year.

Anirudh Singh represented Hyderabad in the 2000s and also led the team. He and Rayudu were among the names from Hyderabad who featured in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) but returned after BCCI’s offer in 2009.