The Women's World Cup is scheduled to take place in New Zealand between March 4 and April 3 next year. India finished runners-up to England in the 2017 Women's World Cup under the leadership of current captain and legendary batter Mithali Raj.

WV Raman, former India cricketer and until recently the head coach of India Women, turned 56 on Sunday.

Mohammed Azharuddin praised former India women's team coach WV Raman and said he wants the Hyderabad Cricket Association to benefit from his knowledge and expertise.

Sacked as women's cricket team coach, WV Raman has alleged that a "smear campaign" against him has gained unwarranted traction and urged the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to stop it.

WV Raman has reportedly slammed the "prima donna" culture in the Indian women's team in a letter to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and NCA head Rahul Dravid.

While the Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed WV Raman as the National Cricket Academy's batting coach, TA Sekar and Narendera Hirwani were given the responsibility of handling pace and spin department.

Raman, who had recently stepped down as Bengal coach said that he would return to coach Tamil Nadu, the team he had been in charge of for four years, until 2010.

Kings XI Punjab COO Col Arvinder Singh feels Raman's vast experience as an ex-India player and his coaching stints over the years will play a big role.