Jammu, Apr 9: Hailing from Palakkad, Kerala, former First Class Cricketer of Rajasthan, PudiyangumKesavadasan Krishnakumar (P Krishnakumar), who was the Bowling Coach of Senior Men’s team of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association last season, has been appointed Coach for Girls U-15 High Performance Camp by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Bengaluru.
The intimation in this regard and the letter of his appointment was served by former legendary Test Cricketer, VVS Laxman, Head Cricket NCA to Member-Administration Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), Brig Anil Gupta on Tuesday.
The appointment letter reads “We are happy to inform you that the National Cricket Academy (NCA) on behalf of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has appointed P Krishnakumar, Cricket Coach associated with your Association as the Coach for High Performance Camp of U-15 Girls to be held at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh from April 29 to May 23, 2024. However, Mr Krishnakumar will have to report on April 28, 2024”.
It is pertinent to mention here that P Krishnakumar has the reputation of being a very good coach and the experience of supervising NCA Camps many a time.
It is learnt that as a Bowling Coach of JKCA’s Senior Men’s team, he has earned great respect from almost all the members of senior men’s team.
P Krishnakumar has the distinction of playing 70 First Class matches for Rajasthan as an all-rounder (Left-handed batter and left-arm medium pacer) and has scored around 3000 runs with 5 centuries and one double century (208*), besides taking 165 wickets with 6/63 as his best. He has also played 51 List A matches and done fairly well.
The Sub Committee members of JKCA have congratulated the Coach for this assignment.
