Five Nashikites to feature on state cricket panel for upcoming season

NASHIK: As many as five office bearers of the Nashik District Cricket Association (NDCA) have acquired member positions on Maharashtra Cricket Association's cricket committees, for the the 2012-13 season. in course of reshuffling within the organization. office bearers have dominated places in the recent reshuffling of the Maharashtra Cricket Association's (MCA) various cricket committees for the cricket season 2012/13.
As many as five, Prashant Rai, Kiran Joshi, Shekhar Ghosh, Shekhar Gawali and Sameer Rakte from Nashik have been assigned important responsibilities within the Association for the forthcoming season.
Rai, who is a former Maharashtra Ranji left-arm spinner, has been retained as a chairman of the Junior Selection Committee that will take care of the Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19 teams. The Under-19 team was chosen by the selection committee under Rai's leadership and performed exceptionally well by the Prashant Rai led selection committee in particular did exceptionally well as it as it rose from the Plate group and went on to play an Elite final which they narrowly lost in the last season.
Kiran Joshi who has also been a left-arm slow bowler, Kiran Joshi who was the manager of the Under-19 team, and has been asked to continue in the same position for the current season as well. has too been asked to continue for the current season also.
Another former Ranji pacer, Shekhar Ghosh, who was an assistant coach and manager of the Maharashtra Ranji team, has been given independent charge as coach to the Under-22 team for the current season. Former leg-spinner, Shekhar Gawali, will be trainer of the same Under-22 team, coached by Ghosh.
Sameer Rakte, the NDCA's treasurer, has been accommodated in the MCA's tournament committee for one more year. The MCA managing committee, conducted a two-day meeting in Pune last week, to select its various panels, under the chairmanship of Ajay Shirke.
NDCA chairman Vinod Shah, who is also the vice-president of the MCA, who attended the meeting commented on how the MCA had duly acknowledged the work put in by its Nashik members.
"The MCA committee members was very impressed with the knowledge, results and work ethic displayed by the five Nashikites and has hence decided unanimously retain them for the current season as well, " Shah said.