Monty Desai, who served  as  the United Arab Emirates ‘s batting coach at the ICC Men’s T/20 world cup qualifiers this  year has  been  appointed  as  the  west  indies  teams  batting  coach   on a two-year contract.

Desai  who is of Indian descent  has held coaching roles with Afghanistan, Nepal, Canada, Indian regional teams and IPL teams Rajasthan royals and Gujarat lions,

He will now join the Kieron Pollard led-side ahead of the three-match t20 international series against India, the first of which will be played at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi stadium on Friday.

The West Indies coaching staff is currently headed by Phil Simmons, with Roddy Estwick and Rayon Griffith as the bowling and fielding coaches respectively.

Simmons has worked with Desai earlier, during his tenure with Afghanistan.