Switchblade Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Quote https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/cricket-is-a-captain-s-game-coach-must-take-back-seat-says-sourav-ganguly/story-XQgBSJAIHhs3YuVyUp2XxK.html Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly Monday said that unlike football, cricket is a “captain’s game” and the coach should take a “back seat”. The 46-year-old, one of India’s most successful captains, said “man management” is one of the key qualities a coach should possess. Ganguly was at the Symbiosis International (Deemed University) to launch his book - ‘A Century is not Enough’, co-authored with senior sports writer Gautam Bhattacharya. The cricketer later took part in a panel discussion along with Bhattacharya. “It is not like football. A lot of current cricket coaches think that they are going to run a cricket team like a football team, but cricket is a captain’s game and coach has to take a backseat and that is important,” said Ganguly. The 113-Test veteran was replying to a question on the role of coaches in cricket. He was asked what qualities a coach should have and he replied, “man management”, adding “hardly few have it”. Asked what is the best advice he had received during his career, Ganguly quipped, “Never pick a coach.” Asked if he is given a chance what question he will pose to the current India head coach Ravi Shastri, he said, “Who picks up the team, Rohit Sharma (stand-in ODI captain) or Ravi Shastri.” Ganguly, who also played in the IPL, said he was fortunate enough to lead a team which was full of champions like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. Players such as Harbhajan, Zaheer and Yuvraj Singh have said in the past they owed their careers to Ganguly as he backed them as the captain. There are several talented players today but they are not sure whether they will play the next game, and asked about it, Ganguly said, “Virat (Kohli) needs to work little on it. I backed them because I saw them closely, I have seen them how they react to pressure.” He said pressure is must in professional life but too much pressure is not good. Talking to reporters over the dismal performance of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the ongoing Asia Cup in the UAE, Ganguly said it was just a temporary phase for these teams and they will overcome it. “I think it is just a phase and they will get back on the track. They are strong teams,” he said. Talking about the current Australian team, he said the present squad is the weakest he has seen in the last 20-25 years. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Saurav and his 1960's way of thinking. diehardpacer and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
velu Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, Khota said: Saurav and his 1960's way of thinking. you hate him because he backed dhoni instead of DK ? Khota, sandsaims and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 1 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Our coach sure understands that! velu 1 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Our coach always takes the back seat and the captain seems to like it UrmiSinhaRay and velu 1 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 9 hours ago, velu said: you hate him because he backed dhoni instead of DK ? Saurav is my favorite cricket player. It so happens that I disagree with him. velu and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
nevada Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 In that case we need a level headed person as captain, not a bonehead who is overly emotional. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Lannister Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Rubbish. No wonder Indian team is always sh!t with such backward thinking. He is just saving his face after what happened with Chappell. Off-field decisions like team selections, planning, all should be entirely left to the coach and only he should be held accountable. Edited September 25, 2018 by Lannister Switchblade and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
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