Former India cricketer Dodda Ganesh was sacked as Kenya’s Head coach after being appointed for the role on August 14, 2024.
Kenya played in the 2011 edition of the World Cup co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh and Ganesh has big ambitions of executing Kenya’s return to the World Cup.
He had made his goal clear at the Sikh Union Club during a felicitation ceremony last month. “The objective is to qualify for the World Cups, both ODIs and T20Is, but before that, we need to start preparing and start making progress.”
“We have started preparing, and the signs are good. We got hardly any time left [for the first tournament], so I am watching local league matches. There will be fitness tests. We will slowly get into a process,” said Dodda Ganesh.
Lameck Onyango and Joseph Angara will resume their duties as the coach for the 2027 Challenge League Group A round in September. Cricket Kenya passed a statement saying that the contract originally signed with Ganesh on August 07 has been deemed invalid.
Dodda Ganesh’s initial assignment with the team was supposed to be at the ICC Division 2 challenge league this month, where they will be facing Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Denmark, and Jersey, subsequently followed by the T20 World Cup Qualifiers in October.
The report added that a statement was passed regarding the sudden removal of Ganesh due to the failure comply with the pre-set guidelines during the process of the the appointment.
“Under a resolution of the executive board of Cricket Kenya passed on Wednesday, 28th August 2024, and anchored under inter alia Articles 5.9 and 8.4.3 of the Cricket Kenya Constitution, we wish to notify you that the executive board has declined to ratify your appointment as head coach of the men’s cricket national team for want of following established procedures,” said Cricket Kenya‘s Director of Women’s Cricket Pearl.
The bowling all-rounder has played a total of five internationals. However, he featured in most of the domestic cricket picking 493 wickets and registering a total of 2548 runs during his career.
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