Monty Desai

Monty Desai
Personal information
Full name
Mrugng Monty Desai
Born28 May 1974
India
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2019Canada[1]
2023–Nepal[2][3][4]

Monty Desai is an Indian professional cricket coach who is currently the head coach of Nepal national team.

He began his coaching career with Rajasthan Royals as scout and coach where gave his service for 7 years from 2008 to 2015,[5] He also led Andhra Ranji team as Head Coach in 2018–19 season of Ranji Trophy. Earlier, he joined Afghanistan national cricket team in Jan2018,he was part of winning team in world cup qualifiers held in Zimbabwe, later he resigned for personal reasons. After serving one full season with Andhra Cricket, he joined United Arab Emirates national team as a batting coach in 2019. He was also appointed as head coach of Canada national team for 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Twosame year.

In December 2019, he then joined West Indies national team as a batting coach, and served until 2022. He was also part of the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Lions as a performance coach and talent scout. In 2023, he was appointed head coach of Nepal national team by Cricket Association of Nepal,[6] and led the team to qualify for the 2023 Asia Cup and 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier as well as to successfully retain the ODI status.[7][8] Under his coaching, Nepal has also qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup after a decade.

  1. ^ "Monty Desai appointed Canada head coach ahead of WCL Division 2". International Cricket Council. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ Cricket Association Nepal [@CricketNep] (15 March 2023). "Monty Desai, the influential cricket coach of Nepal, is urging fans to come and support the team for their crucial match against UAE in the CWCL2 tournament tomorrow at TU Cricket Ground" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Desai's Nepal duty is now official". The Kathmandu Post. 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Mrugng Monty Desai appointed as Nepal men's team head coach". Asian News International. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ Subrahmanyam, V. V. (29 October 2018). "Monty Desai: 'Vihari's India selection a catalyst for Andhra players to dream big'". Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ Malik, Varun (6 February 2023). "India's Monty Desai appointed Nepal's head coach". India TV. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Nepal retain ODI status with a thumping win over UAE". The Kathmandu Post. 12 March 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ Oli, Prajwal (18 March 2023). "What's behind the swift shift in Team Nepal's batting form". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.