{"id":182081,"date":"2026-06-18T07:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182081"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:47:34","slug":"omkar-salvi-retained-as-head-coach-rajesh-pawar-to-chair-mumbai-senior-selection-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182081","title":{"rendered":"Omkar Salvi retained as head coach, Rajesh Pawar to chair Mumbai senior selection committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71117859\">Former Mumbai spinner Rajesh Pawar was on Thursday named as the chairman of senior selection committee while Omkar Salvi was retained as the head coach by the Mumbai Cricket Association for the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Manish More, who served as the chairman of the U-15 girls selection committee last season, has been appointed in the same role for the senior women\u2019s team while Ajay Kadam has been named the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The MCA said it has appointed a dedicated men\u2019s U-23 selection committee. It has been done considering the tournaments being played at this as well as the senior level in order to ensure the committee is able to deliver a \u201cwider coverage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a considerable volume of cricket being played at both the senior and Under-23 levels, the dedicated committee will enable wider coverage of matches and more focused assessment of performances, ensuring that deserving talent is identified and considered,\u201d the MCA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur selectors and head coaches have been appointed after considering their experience, cricketing knowledge, and leadership qualities,\u201d said Raju Kulkarni, chairman of MCA\u2019s Cricket Improvement Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Salvi, who also works as the batting coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, had guided Mumbai to their record-extending 42nd Ranji Trophy title in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>A left-arm spinner, who also represented Baroda, Pawar played a total of 84 first-class matches taking 281 wickets, 36 List A matches taking 39 wickets and eight T20s in which he claimed six wickets. With six fifties, he also had a career-best of 95 not out.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ:<\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/england-squad-for-india-test-lords-first-women-match-nat-sciver-brunt\/article71117431.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England squad for Lord\u2019s Test against India: Nat Sciver-Brunt leads 15-player team<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The other members of the senior selection committee are Ravi Thakar, Jitendra Thackeray, Vikrant Yeligati and Ravi Kulkarni.<\/p>\n<p>The U-23 men\u2019s selection panel will be chaired by Deepak Jadhav, with Umesh Gothkindkar, Omkar Khanvilkar, Anoop Sabnis and Shridhar Mandale as the other members.<\/p>\n<p>The senior women\u2019s selection panel will have Kalpana Cardoso, Aparna Chavan, Ashish Mahadeshwar and Seema Pujare as other members.<\/p>\n<p>Sunita Singh will be the chairperson of the U-19 committee which also has Sangeeta Kamat, Veena Paralkar, Kalpana Murkar and Sheetal Sakru.<\/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\/omkar-salvi-rajesh-pawar-mumbai-cricket-association-selection-committee-head-coach-domestic\/article71117859.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mumbai spinner Rajesh Pawar was on Thursday named as the chairman of senior selection committee while Omkar Salvi was retained as the head coach by the Mumbai Cricket Association&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182082,"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-182081","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\/VIS_4832.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176770,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176770","url_meta":{"origin":182081,"position":0},"title":"Stability is first priority: New TN chairman of selectors Sunil Subramaniam after abject 2025-26 season","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunil Subramaniam, the newly appointed chairman of selectors for the Tamil Nadu Senior Men and under-23 teams, has stressed that stability will be the guiding mantra for the new committee.\u00a0 \u201cThe first thing I want to focus on is to get stability. 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