Overview

• Wriddhiman Saha is the leading candidate for the Bengal U-23 head coach position, with CAB brass expected to make a final appointment by next week.
• Laxmi Ratan Shukla has been retained as Bengal’s senior team coach and Saurashis Lahiri confirmed to lead the Under-19 side.
• Saha’s rapid shift into coaching follows his January retirement and builds on his hands-on work running junior cricket centres in the region.
• His potential succession of Pranab Roy, who coached the U-23 squad until last season, marks a rare immediate transition from player to state-level coach.
• Meanwhile, the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association is finalising its Ranji coaching panel by evaluating Sarandeep Singh, Vijay Dahiya and Rajiv Vinayak.