New Delhi: two or three days back, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) declared the appointment of Ravi Shastri as head coach, with Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid throwing in the supporting parts of bowling coach and overseas batting consultant (Test cricket).

Be that as it may, on Thursday, according to the most recent discharge issued by the Indian board, Zaheer's designation seems to have been changed to a "consultant" simply like that of Dravid.

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) offers its genuine thanks to the individuals from the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) who most enthusiastically consented to attempt the procedure of choice of the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team," the BCCI discharge said.

"The three individuals from the advisory group - Mr. Sourav Ganguly, Mr. Sachin Tendulkar and Mr. VVS Laxman - have executed the allotted undertaking with add up to straightforwardness, polished methodology and sense of duty regarding Indian cricket.

"The suggestion for Mr. Ravi Shastri was made on the value of his introduction and the vision that he anticipated for taking the group to more noteworthy statures. In the wake of taking the choice on his determination, the CAC counseled him and chosen to have Batting and Bowling consultants on abroad visit-to-visit premise, according to the prerequisite of the group.

"The BCCI wishes to thank the CAC for the benevolent star bono benefit rendered to help the Board in the determination procedure of India Cricket Team's Head Coach," the discharge closed.

Prior, a media report asserted that Shastri was for sure miserable with Zaheer's appointment as bowling coach and needed his part to be decreased to that of a consultant's, which would permit the arrival of Bharat Arun as the bowling coach, yes, set up of the previous left-arm speedster.

Arun was the bowling coach of the national team in the vicinity of 2014 and 2016. It was a similar period which matched with Shastri being the Team Director.

With BCCI's most recent discharge, it appears that Shastri has persuaded the board on Zaheer's part lessening, and Arun's reentry could soon be declared.

BCCI brings twist in tale, calls Zaheer Khan 'consultant', not bowling mentor

New Delhi: Indian women's team captain Mithali Raj on Wednesday added another quill to her top as she outperformed England awesome Charlotte Edwards to wind up noticeably the main run-scorer in women's ODI cricket.

Mithali entered the ICC Women's World Cup quarter-last match against six-time champions Australia with only 34 runs shy of the accomplishment. Preceding the match, Mithali had 5959 races to her name contrasted with Charlotte's 5992.

The Indian captain may have been rejected on 11 after the on-field umpire got her out LBW on a conveyance by Jess Jonassen, however politeness a right DRS call, Raj's innings proceeded as she went ahead to wind up plainly an unsurpassed best scorer in the organization.

A sign of Raj's productive vocation has been her consistency. In 1999, she burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old with a hundred on make a big appearance against Ireland at Milton Keynes - an innings that still makes her the most youthful ever ODI centurion.

After three years, and still just 19, Raj stood out as truly newsworthy once more, scoring 214 against England at Taunton in a Test coordinate. That inning was the most astounding ever singular Test score at the time, a record outperformed just by Pakistan's Kiran Baluch in 2004.

Raj has frequently been named the 'Sachin Tendulkar of women's cricket' and she shares one of the Little Master's most noteworthy qualities - life span. 18 years after her introduction, she is as yet breaking records, and she as of late turned into the principal lady to score seven back to back fifties in ODI cricket.

Maybe Raj's most striking detail, however, is that she has found the middle value of more than 40 in ODIs in 15 date-book years since her introduction - an indistinguishable number from Tendulkar overseen over his own particular vocation. At 34, regardless she has time on her side to better Tendulkar's record.

Too driving from the front with the bat, Raj has been her nation's administrator in the field as well, captaining the side since 2004 except for a five-year time span in the vicinity of 2008 and 2012. The highlight of her captaincy came in 2005 when at 22 years old, she captained India to its first historically speaking Women's World Cup last, yet were beaten by Australia.

Raj is probably going to break another record held by Edwards not long from now, with the 105 amusements that she has captained second on the rundown behind the ex-England captain's 117. In those 105 amusements, India have fared superior to anything the apparatuses in which she has been back in the positions - winning 61 for every penny rather than 53 for every penny when she has played without being captain.

India are at present third in the gathering standings, level on focuses with England and Australia, and a correct outcome today will be essential in the group's offered to meet all requirements for the semi-finals.

ICC Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj Becomes Highest Run-Getter In Women's ODI Cricket