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Ghana confirms Avram Grant as new Black Stars coach
Accra: The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has officially confirmed Avram Grant as the new coach of the senior team, the Black Stars.
The former Chelsea coach has been handed a two-year deal that will run from Dec 1 till February 2017, as per reports.
“As you are all no doubt aware, Avram Grant is the new coach of the Black Stars. His appointment will take effect on the first of December, this year. There were a number of issues that needed further discussion with him. We have effectively resolved all the outstanding issues,” GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi said Thursday.
Grant will be assisted by Maxwell Konadu, who has been the caretaker coach since the departure of Kwasi Appiah. Appiah left in September after leading the Black Stars to fourth place at the 2013 AFCON and a first round exit at the World Cup in Brazil.
Nyantakyi believes Avram Grant is the right man for the Black Stars.
The Israeli has been tasked to ensure Ghana does well at the 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea, which will be his first major assignment and win the same competition in 2017.
The Ghana job is a second international assignment for Grant who coached Israel between 2002 and 2006. He also worked with West Ham United and Portsmouth.
The 54-year-old’s most recent job was at Partizan Belgrade where he guided the team to the Serbian title before resigning with a year remaining on his contract.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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