Who is Monty Desai Nepal Cricket Team coach, biography, age, salary, cricket career stats

Who is Monty Desai Nepal Cricket Team coach, biography, age, salary, cricket career stats

Here is all you need to know about Monty Desai the coach of the Nepal Cricket Team as India wins against the country by 10 wickets, know his salary and net worth

A similar rain threat loomed for India’s first international cricket match against Nepal at the same location two days after the Pakistan-India game was postponed in Pallekele on Saturday.

Who is Monty Desai Nepal Cricket Team coach, biography, age, salary, cricket career stats and net worth

On Monday, however, the rain wasn’t as relentless and stopped by 9.30 p.m., reducing India’s target to 145 in 23 overs.

Then, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill dazzled with a 147-run opening stand that was unbroken to crash Nepal’s party and advance India to the Super Fours round. From this group, Pakistan has already advanced to the next stage.

However, Nepal’s supporters had many reasons to rejoice in the afternoon, particularly after Aasif Sheikh scored a respectable half-century following their solid performance before the rain hindered the game. However, it was lived short. In light of this, let us have a look at their head coach Monty Desai.

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Who is Monty Desai?

Monty Desai, an Indian professional cricket coach, is the current head coach of the Nepalese national side. He was born in Mumbai, India. Indian Cricket Coach Monty Desai was born on 18 October 1971 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and is 51 years old (as of 2023). He stands 6.1 ft tall.

A look at Monty Desai’s career so far

He started his coaching career with the Andhra cricket team, where he served as team captain during the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy season. Later, he became a batting coach for the national teams of Afghanistan in 2018 and the United Arab Emirates in 2019. He was named the Canada national team’s Division Two head coach for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League.

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He was hired as the batting coach for the West Indies national team in 2019 and remained there through 2021. As a performance coach and talent scout, he was also associated with the Indian Premier League teams Gujarat Lions and Rajasthan Royals.

He was chosen by the Cricket Association of Nepal to serve as head coach of the Nepal national team in 2023. Under his guidance, the side successfully qualified for the 2023 Asia and Cup, 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and maintained its ODI status.

What is Monty Desai’s net worth?

According to reports, Monty Desai’s net worth is approximately $1 Million.

He gets 12000$ (approx NPR 15,86,000) as the coach of Nepal.

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