Karnataka, Oct. 17 -- : Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Thursday appointed Navnita Gautam as their Sports Massage Therapist and became the first Indian Premier League team to have a woman in the support staff.
Navnita will work with Evan Speechly, the Head Physiotherapist and Basu Shanker, Strength and Conditioning Coach. She will be responsible for performing specialized techniques pertaining to the preparation, motivation, overall supervision and all individual physical ailments relating to the team.
Chairman of the RCB, Sanjeev Churiwala, is pleased over Navnita's appointment.
"I am very pleased to be a part of this moment in history and another step in the right direction. The game has come a long way, in many ways, in terms of ...