{"id":181716,"date":"2026-06-17T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181716"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:28:28","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-tendulkars-contemporary-maroof-khan-now-a-scout-with-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181716","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026: Tendulkar\u2019s contemporary Maroof Khan now a scout with England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71115160\">Maroof Khan has watched some great talents from up close. He grew up in Mumbai playing cricket with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Now his job is to find out the next talents in women\u2019s cricket. In England, that is. Maroof is working as a scout to select players for the England women\u2019s cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an exciting assignment for me,\u201d he told        <i>Sportstar<\/i>. \u201cMy job is to watch the domestic matches around the country and see the players in action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maroof, who is now living at Leeds after travelling to places like Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong and London, is a vastly experienced coach. He has, in fact, been an assistant coach with the England mixed disability team.<\/p>\n<p>He is delighted to be part of women\u2019s cricket at a time when it is rapidly increasing in popularity.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-nat-sciver-brunt-ruled-out-two-games-calf-injury-england-campaign-points-captain-charlie-dean\/article71114494.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England\u2019s Nat Sciver-Brunt ruled out for next two games due to calf strain<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen how women\u2019s cricket is taking off a big way in India with the WPL and the ODI World Cup triumph last year,\u201d Maroof said. \u201cIn England, there is a lot more wareness about the game. The Hundred, where the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams play on the same day, has been a huge boost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maroof says the world could soon see some brilliant young players from England. \u201cI have been mighty impressed with some of those players,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that women\u2019s cricket is going to get bigger. The game will definitely benefit with England hosting this World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is glad he could reunite with his old friend Amol Muzumdar, the India women\u2019s coach. \u201cWe had so much talent in Mumbai those days,\u201d Maroof said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSachin was different, of course. It was a privilege to bowl to him, and I remember thousands coming to watch him just train\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/women-t20-world-cup-2026-maroof-khan-england-cricket-scout-sachin-tendulkar-news\/article71115160.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maroof Khan has watched some great talents from up close. He grew up in Mumbai playing cricket with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, after all. Now his job is to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/maroof.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179595,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179595","url_meta":{"origin":181716,"position":0},"title":"ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: List of head coaches for all teams","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"India head coach Amol Muzumdar has the opportunity to become only the second coach after Matthew Mott to win both the ODI and T20 World Cups when India begins its 2026 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup campaign in England and Wales. 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