"The players have never worked with Whatmore, how can they recommend his name," a miffed Kapil told news channel Aaj Tak.
a super sentiment from India' greatest all rounder. A sentiment that can be extended to all of the contenders for the post of India's next coach.
Unless Paras Mhambrey ( part of the England tour 1996 that included RD, SG, SRT and AK) is a part of the coaching discussion.
So the question is, what are the criteria for eligibility for the post of India Coach?
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A 17 hour journey by coach class finds me in sunny Mumbai on the day India (s)elects its next coach.
And amongst the first news stories that I come across during the mandatory stay-up-the-day-to-beat-jet-lag is this.
Obviously the good gents at the BCCI believe , very strongly, that a five day bowling camp takes precedence over training at the Center of Excellence at Brisbane. Which, of course is dwarfed by the Asia-Afro Cup.. Nothing takes precedence over the Asia-Afro/Afro-Asia Cup.
How else does one explain the absence of Harbhajan Singh ( a bowler who, more than most, needs monitoring and mentoring) missing from the "camp".
One of the many issues the new coach will have to deal with.
Good luck Coach!
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PS:- Was it just me or did any one else see this article bylined Kanishkaa Balachandran yesterday?
Monday, June 04, 2007
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2 comments:
Homer, I did see it bylined Kanishka, and was a bit surprised. And then later when I checked saw it changed to Kesavan. So true though - the Kotla really was the pits.
Samir,
Thanks!!!
I thought the jet lag had affected me bigtime... :)
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