Cyrus Poncha is currently the Indiansquash coach. Born in 1976 in Bombay, he is based in Chennai, and coaches at the ICL-TNSRA Academy. Today, India is among the emerging countries in squash especially on the world junior circuit. Poncha was a national level player during his junior days.
He won the Dronacharya Award from the Government of India in 2005 for nurturing squash talent in the country.
Adjudged Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year - 2003-4.Some of his highlights as National Coach are
Gold Medal Asian Junior Men's Team in Sri Lanka 2011
Bronze Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in Sri Lanka 2011
Bronze Medal Asian Junior Men's Team in Hong Kong 2007
Bronze Medal Asian Games Sourav Ghosal, New Delhi 2010
Silver Medal Men's Team at the SAF Games, 2006, Sri Lanka
World Junior Men's Team in New Zealand, Aug 2006 - 6th Position
World Team Event, Pakistan, 2005 - 11th Position
Bronze Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in India 2005,
Silver Medal Men’s Doubles Team at the World Doubles Championships, 2004 in India,
Bronze Medal Men's Team at the Asian Championships, 2004 in Malaysia,
World Junior Men's Team in Pakistan, Aug 2004 - Retained best performance of 5th Position,
Gold Medal Women's Team at the SAF Games, 2004 in Pakistan
Silver Medal Men's Team at the SAF Games, 2004 in Pakistan
World Junior Women's Team in Cairo, Aug 2003 - Best performance 4th Position
Gold Medal Asian Junior Women's Team in Pakistan 2003