Mehul Shani
Chief Coach and Mentor
GodMehul leads the Coaching team at CYCA. While a structural engineer by trade, Mehul’s first love is Cricket.
Mehul has played Div 1 Cricket for Queens Park Cricket Club, Trinidad 1998-2000. In US, Mehul hasrepresented Midwest Cricket Zonal team for US Nationals 2004 and represented Midwest Cricket in LA Open 2003-2005.
Mehul is ACF Gold Level 3 Certified Coach.
Subbu
Head Coach
Subbu is BCCI Level 2 certified coach and ex-Mumbai Ranji Trophy player. Subbu has represented India, West Zone and Mumbai University in cricket. Over 2 different seasons, Subbu was Head Coach for West Indies legends team led by Brian Lara and Assistant Coach for Australia Legends team led by Brett Lee.
Subbu was also part of Mumbai Ranji Trophy One-Day team and has represented DY Patil Sports Academy and coached Puducherry U23 state team
Ashok Adam
Head Coach
Ashok is BCCI Level 2 certified coach and ex-Mumbai Ranji Trophy player. Ashok has represented Overtone Cricket Club & Ashley Timken Club in UK and was Assistant Coach of Jacque Kallis led Libra Legends.
Ashok is also head coach at Dr. D. Y. Patel Sports Club. He has represented Mumbai Colts team and coached Shreyas Iyer led Namo Bandra Blasters in Mumbai T20 league. He was also the chief coach at MCA summer camp.
Vineet Sinha
Lead Bowling Coach
Vineet brings lot of cricket experience to our academy as a coach. He has trained under Dennis Lillee at MRF pace foundation for 2 years. He is ranked as the fastest bowler in Mumbai (7th in India). Vineet has represented Mumbai against England’s national team; Mumbai’s U23 team; Poland’s national team for 4 years and has played league cricket in UK for 8 years.
Vineet’s coaching credentials include: coaching Premier Division in UK; coaching in DY Patil with Tendulkar Middlesex Academy as a guest coach and coaching for Achievers Cricket Academy in Mumbai.
Calvin Savage
Lead Bowling Coach
Calvin’s coaching career spans 10 years. He started as CSA level 1 coach in 2012 and became CSA level 2 coach in 2014. 2015. For last several years, Calvin has been the owner and head coach of Dolphin Coast Cricket Academy (DCCA) and most recently was appointed as head coach of St Just colts junior section and operator of their academy.
Calvin’s career as a player began in 2010 at the age of 17 with a debut with SA u19, First class debut and List A debut. In 2012, Calvin joined SA National Academy and represented South Africa for the U19 World cup (finished 3rd); and signed up with Dolphins Franchise. Calvin was part of Dolphins franchise from 2012 through 2020. Calvin has also done 4 stints in UK as overseas professional and represented Furness CC, Hartley cricket club and Darwen cricket club.
Sandeep Palakkal
Lead Batting Coach
Sandeep brings his passion for the sport of cricket to his Coaching techniques. When he is not working as a QA Engineer, he is on a cricket field either as a team member or as a coach for kids with CYCA.
Sandeep is ACF Gold Level 3 Certified Coach.
Dheeraj (DJ)
Lead Wicket Keeping Coach
Dheeraj (DJ) is a certified wicket keeping coach from Root Cricket Academy UK and also ACA Level 2 coach. He has played college level cricket in Andhra and corporate & club level cricket in Chennai. He has been associated with CYCA from the past 2 years.
At CYCA, Dheeraj is our lead coach for wicket keeping.