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Dodda Ganesh with the authorities of Kenya cricket© X (Twitter)
Previous Indian all-rounder Dodda Ganesh has actually been designated head coach of Kenya’s males’s cricket group ahead of the Africa Qualifiers for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Ganesh, 51, who played 4 Tests and an ODI without much success however did alright in first-rate cricket scoring over 2000 runs and taking 365 wickets for Karnataka, will have the unenviable job of restoring the splendor days of Kenyan cricket when it completed in 5 World Cups in between 1996 and 2011. The best-ever surface of the Associate Member remained in 2003 when it reached the semifinals in South Africa with an Indian head coach in Sandeep Patil.
Kenya have actually received simply one edition of the T20 World Cup, which was back in 2007.
Ever since, Kenyan cricket has actually entered into a down spiral. They will deal with Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Denmark and Jersey in the ICC Division 2 Challenge League in September and T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers in October.
The guys’s 2026 T20 World Cup will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
Ganesh stated he is eagerly anticipating the brand-new function.
“Privileged to be called the head coach of the Kenya cricket group,” the previous India cricketer published on ‘X’.
In a video shared by the media here, Ganesh can be seen connecting with senior Kenya cricket authorities.
Ganesh will be helped by previous Kenyan internationals Lameck Onyango and Joseph Angara, who will be his deputies.
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