Ramesh pawar

The BCCI on Tuesday appointed former player Hrishikesh Kanitkar as the new batting coach of the India women's team and he will join the side from the upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia starting December 9, with former head coach Ramesh Powar switching to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) as spin bowling coach.

Kanitkar, who played two Tests and 34 ODIs for India between 1997 and 2000 and has over 10,000 first-class runs under his belt, was part of the coaching staff under VVS Laxman on India Men's tour of New Zealand last month, with Rahul Dravid and his team opting to take a break post the T20 World Cup.