Yere Goud rejoins Karnataka as head coach for a second term

Following his appointment as the head coach of the home team, Yere Goud, a former batter for Karnataka, will now be in charge for the 2024–25 domestic season. He will take over for PV Shashikanth, who is presently relocating to Tripura to take up the same position.

Yere Goud is leaving the Under-23 team after leading them to a record CK Nayudu Trophy victory this year. He had led the senior team the previous four seasons, starting in 2018.

In his previous assignment, Karnataka reached the Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinals, lost in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals, and finished the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy group stage without winning.

With Goud at the helm, the dominant forces of the Indian domestic circuit will be expecting a major boost and possibly adding titles to their already impressive trophy chest.

Throughout 212 innings, Goud, a middle-order batsman with a notable first-class career, amassed an impressive total of 7,650 runs at an average of 45.53. Mansur Ali Khan and Shabarish P. Mohan, who will take over as the bowling and fielding coaches, respectively, will now work with him, enhancing the coaching staff even more for the forthcoming campaign.

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Goud’s successor as head coach of the U23 team will be Shiraguppi Somasekhar, a former Karnataka batter who started his first-class career in the same season as Goud.

List of Karnataka men’s coaches for 2024-25

Senior team: Yere Goud (head coach), Mansur Ali Khan (bowling coach), Shabarish P. Mohan (fielding coach)
Under-23s: Somashekhar N Shiraguppi (head coach), Rohit Sabharwal (fielding coach)
Under-19s: KB Pawan (head coach), SL Akshay (bowling coach)
Under-16s and Under-14s: Kunal Kapoor (head coach), Aditya B. Sagar (assistant coach)