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ACB denies Marsh replacing Kapil
MUMBAI, AUGUST 23: The Australian Cricket Board ACB has denied media reports that former Aussie skipper Rodney Marsh would replace Kapil...
Written by Press Trust Of India
August 24, 2000 12:00 AM IST
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MUMBAI, AUGUST 23: The Australian Cricket Board ACB has denied media reports that former Aussie skipper Rodney Marsh would replace Kapil Dev as India8217;s cricket coach.
The ACB media manager, Brian Murgatroyd, termed the reports as 8220;hypothesis, is unlikely, to say the least,8221; as per information received here on Wednesday. 8220;As far as I know no one has offered Marsh the job of coaching,8221; the Melbourne-based Murgatroyd said.
Marsh, the former Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman, is the chief coach at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Adelaide and has also visited its Indian counterpart which has been recently set up in Bangalore as a consultant.
Kapil Dev8217;s role as the coach of the Indian team has come under scrutiny from several quarters since former all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar had alleged that it was Kapil who had offered him Rs 25 Lakh bribe to underperform in a one-day match in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka in 1994.
The Cricket Board, at its executive committee meeting at Bangalore last Sunday, left the decision on Kapil8217;s future as India coach to be taken by its President AC Muthiah following the former8217;s outburst in the media, criticising the Board officials8217; handling of the match-fixing scandal.
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