NEW DELHI: The World Cup-winning Indian women’s cricket team could soon have its first foreign strength and conditioning (S&C) coach.

The BCCI has recently expanded its S&C department at the Center of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, with several new appointments already made.

According to board sources, Bangladesh men’s team S&C coach Nathan Kiely is in advanced talks with the BCCI and is likely to join the COE soon.

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India’s current S&C coach, AI Harsha, has done an exceptional job – culminating in the team’s World Cup triumph – but it is understood that the board may have other roles lined up for him.

Kiely, besides his current stint with Bangladesh, has previously served as an assistant coach with the New South Wales first-class side in Australia.

Normally the S&C coaches who have been employed with the COE take turns to do assignments with various national teams (men and women) along with pathways and age-group coaches.

Till date, women’s S&C coaches have been those attached with COE but if Kiely comes on board, he could be the first overseas coach.

The Indian men’s S&C coach is Adrian Le Roux, who is in the middle of his second stint.

Meanwhile, the COE also roped in two new in-house S&C coaches Pratyush Agrawal and Amit Vengurlekar, who pipped some of the seasoned state team support staff to get the job.

Agrawal was an assistant S&C coach with Delhi Capitals while Vengurlekar had the same designation with Lucknow Super Giants.

(With PTI Inputs)