Harmanpreet Kaur met Mithali Raj a day before sending email backing Ramesh Powar: Report

In their emails, both Raj and Harmanpreet had suggested an open discussion to resolve the matter and it appears that said discussion occurred with Vinod Rai.

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· Dec 05, 2018 · 12:33 pm

Full Text: Smriti Mandhana’s email to BCCI backing Ramesh Powar to stay on as coach

The Indian T20I vice captain backed Harmanpreet Kaur’s request for Powar to continue as coach.

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· Dec 04, 2018 · 10:29 am

Full Text: Harmanpreet Kaur’s email asking BCCI to allow Ramesh Powar to stay on as coach

The Indian T20I captain has thrown her weight behind the coach and asked the Raj-Powar conflict to be settled amicably.

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· Dec 04, 2018 · 10:24 am

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana want Ramesh Powar continue as head coach: Report

Given the controversy over Mithali Raj’s exclusion from the World T20 semifinal, it was thought that Powar was unlikely to return as the coach.

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· Dec 03, 2018 · 09:44 pm

If everyone is thinking alike, somebody isn’t thinking: Powar posts quotable quotes on Twitter

One of the quotes was about commitment of athletes in training.

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· Nov 30, 2018 · 12:20 pm

In the Mithali Raj-Ramesh Powar saga, Indian cricket is the real loser

One week after the team’s run to the World T20 semi-finals, the controversy has put Indian cricket on the backseat.

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· Nov 29, 2018 · 05:50 pm

Mithali Raj could not understand & adapt to team plan: Excerpts from Ramesh Powar’s report to BCCI

Powar’s report detailing his side of the story is over 2500 words long, of which more than 1500 words are about Raj and her behaviour during the tournament.

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· Nov 29, 2018 · 11:31 am

Mithali Raj threatened to retire in the middle of World T20, says coach Powar in report

In the report submitted to BCCI CEO, coach Powar has said that the veteran could not adapt to the team plan and and batted for her own milestones.

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· Nov 29, 2018 · 09:04 am

Ramesh Powar denies report saying he had a strained relationship with Mithali Raj

News agency Press Trust of India had cited an anonymous BCCI official as the source of the news.

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· Nov 28, 2018 · 08:59 pm

Ramesh Powar tells BCCI that Mithali Raj was ‘aloof and difficult to handle’: Report

However, Powar insisted that Raj’s axing from the semi-final, which India lost to England by eight wickets, was based on strategy and not acrimony.

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· Nov 28, 2018 · 07:35 pm

By the numbers: Does Mithali Raj still have a role to play in India’s T20I squad?

A deep dive into the statistics shows that Mithali Raj’s weakness in T20Is but does that explain India’s decision to drop her?

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· Nov 28, 2018 · 02:00 pm

Edulji contradicted her stance on CoA interference in team selection, says former coach Arothe

The former India coach said Edulji had questioned the team management’s decision to drop Pooja Vastrakar in the Asia Cup final.

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· Nov 28, 2018 · 09:51 am