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= Monty Desai = India born Mrugng ‘Monty’ Desai (born 28th May 1974), specialises as a Performance Coach for elite- level Cricket teams, including professional T20 franchise Cricket, state Cricket and national Cricket teams.

In a career spanning 20 years, he has coached 5 national Cricket teams and has served in different roles including Performance Coach, Talent Scout and Auction Strategist for 4 Professional T20 Franchise Cricket Teams and one State Cricket Association. He has also worked with Senior and age- group teams (Under – 19). He actively mentors young aspiring cricketers from India and the USA.

Desai’s coaching philosophy has inspired improved performances of teams he has been associated with. Desai served as the batting coach of the West Indies Cricket Team from Dec 2019 to Dec 2022.

Desai has been recently appointed as the Head Coach for the Nepal National Cricket Team.

Biography
Desai was born on 28th May 1974 in Bombay (now Mumbai), the state of Maharashtra, India. He attended Our Lady of Remedy School (OLRS) matriculating in 1990 from the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.

Following his matriculation, Desai attended Father Agnels Polytechnic from where he secured his bachelors in engineering (BE) in 1994, at the age of 20. He specialised in Fabrication and Erection Engineering.

During his school and college years, Desai played competitive cricket representing clubs in the upper division league tournaments conducted by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). He, and a few like-minded Cricket enthusiasts, formed The Yogi Cricket Club, over almost three decades ago, as a competitive tennis ball Cricket Team participating in local tennis ball tournaments in the suburbs of Mumbai. He is credited with creating the vision for Yogi CC to be a competitive force in leather ball Cricket tournaments conducted in the city of Mumbai under the auspices of the MCA. Yogi CC is now a highly respected team competing in the C Division in the prestigious Dr HD Kanga League Cricket Tournament conducted by the MCA.

In 2003, Desai was appointed as Cricket Academy Director at the World Cricket Academy, a role in which he served for 5 years. Following this stint, he has worked with national, domestic and franchise Cricket teams.

Coaching Philosophy
Desai’s coaching philosophy is built on creating a positive environment that encourage cricketers to learn on and off the playing field. Highly focused on outcomes, Desai approach to his role as Mentor or Performance Coach is to demonstrate effective leadership that clears pathways for individuals to strive for excellence, while ensuring that individual and team goals are aligned.

Desai is credited with popularising the concept of “One Ball Battles” and “Happy Dressing Room” as the foundations for individual and team excellence respectively. The concept of “One Ball Battles” encourages the individual to remain in the present and bring all cognitive and physical powers to win a series of small “one ball battles”. Desai strongly believes that a Happy Dressing Room creates the right atmosphere for teams to excel on the field of pay.

Desai is often credited for his coaching philosophy which has been instrumental in improving the performance of teams he has been associated with.

Cricket Nepal (2023-present)
Desai has recently been appointed as the Head Coach of the Nepal National Cricket Team.

Between June-December 2015, Desai worked with Cricket Nepal as the Batting Coach / Cricket Consultant of Men’s Senior Team in their campaign for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers. His record resulted in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) appointing Desai as Batting Consultant for the Nepali U-19 side. He served in this role from Jul to Dec 2017 coinciding with the Nepal Under-19 campaign in the ACC U-19 Eastern Region Cricket Tournament held in Sep 2017 in Malaysia.

Cricket West Indies (Dec 2019-Dec 2022)
In Dec 2019, Cricket West Indies appointed Desai as the Batting Coach for the West Indies Men’s Team. He has been associated with what has been termed as a mini revival of West Indies Cricket. In July 2020, West Indies won by 4 wickets against England at The Rose Bowl (formerly Ageas Bowl) in Hampshire. In Mar-Apr 2021, WI drew their 2 Tests Series at home against Sri Lanka, while going on to win the 3 One Day Internationals (ODIs) series 3-0 and the 3 T20 Internationals Series 2-1.

In February 2021, the West Indies Cricket Team beat Bangladesh away from home, 2-0 in the two Tests Series, though it lost the One Day Internationals (ODI) series 3-0. In 2022, the West Indies won the 3 match Tests Series against England 1-0 at home, following which it won the 5 match T20 Internationals Series (T20Is) 3-2.