Bharat Arun likely to keep his position, Bangar might face the Axe. Report also adds it was on Bangar's insistence that Dhoni was asked to bat at No.7 against NZ

[Ankit_sharma03]

 India's current bowling coach Bharat Arun is likely to retain his position even if there are multiple candidates while R Sridhar will have his nose ahead despite South African star Jonty Rhodes throwing his hat in the ring for the fielding coach's position.

But batting coach Sanjay Bangar might find it difficult to retain his position when the national selectors pick the support staff for the Indian team.

All three have got extension along with head coach Ravi Shastri till the end of the upcoming tour of the West Indies and after that, fresh interviews will be conducted with all the incumbents automatically in fray.

As per norms, while the new Cricket Advisory Committee – likely to be chaired by Kapil Dev – will decide on the head coach, the selectors have been tasked to conduct interviews for the rest of the support staff.

If those privy to the developments are to be believed, Arun could turn out to be a unanimous choice considering the performance of India's pacers in all formats of the game.

"In the last 18 to 20 months, the work put in by Arun has been phenomenal. The current Indian attack is considered to be the best in the longest format. Mohammed Shami back at his best and (Jasprit) Bumrah's consistency are a few things Arun must get credit for. It's up to the selectors but they might find it difficult to replace him," a senior BCCI official told PTI on Friday.

However, same can't be said about Bangar, who many believe hasn't been able to create a solid middle order despite four years in the job.

"Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have been performing much before Bangar came into the fray. He has no role in their success. However, his job was to create a few solid options in the middle order and we have seen in the World Cup that he has failed miserably in that," the official added.

There have been reports that it was on Bangar's insistence that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was asked to bat at No.7 in the lost semi-final against the New Zealand, a decision that has been roundly criticised.

While Arun is the favourite among three specialist coaches, Sridhar is also not far behind as India has made rapid strides in the fielding department.

But he will get a tough fight from Rhodes, who is set to get an opportunity to give a presentation to the selection committee.

"Rhodes is a big name and his candidature can't be ignored. However, this also needs to be taken into account that how the team's fielding performance has been," the official said.

 

Link - https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/bowling-coach-bharat-arun-likely-to-retain-position-batting-coach-sanjay-bangar-could-be-axed-says-report-7061431.html

[Pollack]

Bharat Arun is Shastriji's friend and Bangar not. Obviously Kohli and Shastri pets would retain their spot.

Edited July 26, 2019 by Pollack

[rahulrulezz]

Bangar is being made the scapegoat 

[rkt.india]

Who are the personnel that have applied?

[The Dark Horse]

Bangar made Dhoni bat at 7   

Who, in their right mind would believe that

[Laaloo]

Lol yeah right

[Suhaan]

So we have to listen shastriya (goti muh me leke)sangeet yet again

[vvvslaxman]

Any video proof of that happening? Atleast we have video proof of Nehraji recommending Pawan negi to bowl to pandya lol

[ShoonyaSifar]

We need an entirely new coaching setup under a new captain. The current group seems happy reaching WC semis. Unlikely they can push this team to any new levels.

 

Which new bowler has Bharat Arun developed? Other than teaching knuckle balls, not exactly sure how much he has contributed to development of bowlers.

[rkt.india]

29 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

We need an entirely new coaching setup under a new captain. The current group seems happy reaching WC semis. Unlikely they can push this team to any new levels.

 

Which new bowler has Bharat Arun developed? Other than teaching knuckle balls, not exactly sure how much he has contributed to development of bowlers.

Shami has improved in last one year.  Test bowling on the whole has improved a lot in terms of discipline.  

[Nikola]

 

[Cricket_Fan]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Shami has improved in last one year.  Test bowling on the whole has improved a lot in terms of discipline.  

Exactly. Also Ishant made a great come back in the last three years. Also all of them were much fitter and quicker. Our bowlers have been consistently bowled well in Test series in England SA and Australia which I believe in the first time ever. Lot of work from both Bharath and strengthening coach Basu has been the reason for that.

[vishalvirsingh]

10 hours ago, rkt.india said:

Shami has improved in last one year.  Test bowling on the whole has improved a lot in terms of discipline.  

I agree.

Bharat mottu arun has done a fair job ..can retain his position.

 

I would prefer zak to be the bowling coach.

[vishalvirsingh]

8 hours ago, Cricket_Fan said:

Exactly. Also Ishant made a great come back in the last three years. Also all of them were much fitter and quicker. Our bowlers have been consistently bowled well in Test series in England SA and Australia which I believe in the first time ever. Lot of work from both Bharath and strengthening coach Basu has been the reason for that.

Ishant was an enigma..bharat got even ishant to improve.

 

Mottu has some knowledge about fast bowling for sure.

 

He has kept nehra and zak out of this job. Mottu has improved bhuvi bumrah ishant shammi for sure.

[Suhaan]

28 minutes ago, vishalvirsingh said:

I agree.

Bharat mottu arun has done a fair job ..can retain his position.

 

I would prefer zak to be the bowling coach.

Zak is too much into technicality of bowling,wont help with every bowler, sometimes you need to give time to natural ability,

I remember him giving tips to Khaleel turned him into a trundler

[jf1gp_1]

12 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

We need an entirely new coaching setup under a new captain. The current group seems happy reaching WC semis. Unlikely they can push this team to any new levels.

 

Which new bowler has Bharat Arun developed? Other than teaching knuckle balls, not exactly sure how much he has contributed to development of bowlers.

can you provide link where virat, shastri or rohit said we are happy we made it till semis. 

[jf1gp_1]

1 hour ago, vishalvirsingh said:

I agree.

Bharat mottu arun has done a fair job ..can retain his position.

 

I would prefer zak to be the bowling coach.

Why Zak ? why not donald or mcgrath or akram ? if the idea is to make any random person indias bowling coach then lets look at guys better than zak. 

[vishalvirsingh]

17 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Why Zak ? why not donald or mcgrath or akram ? if the idea is to make any random person indias bowling coach then lets look at guys better than zak. 

All these guys are brilliant for bowling coach position-

Zak is preferred due to below reasons-

1. When zak had turned into a trundler ,still he got his wickets purely on his skill. Any batsman who became his bunny like Smith, zak would get his bunny out everytime.

2. I found out that whenever zak came for a 5 over spell...he would take one wicket at least.

3. Only srinath and zak were 2 fast bowlers who were requested by captains to not retire and srinath had to actually come back from retirement when ganguly requested.

4. Zak"s interviews clearly showed that he is likely to succeed as a fast bowling coach.

5 . He is Indian.

Edited July 27, 2019 by vishalvirsingh

[jf1gp_1]

6 minutes ago, vishalvirsingh said:

All these guys are brilliant for bowling coach position-

Zak is preferred due to below reasons-

1. When zak had turned into a trundler ,still he got his wickets purely on his skill. Any batsman who became his bunny like Smith, zak would get his bunny out everytime.

2. I found out that whenever zak came for a 5 over spell...he would take one wicket at least.

3. Only srinath and zak were 2 fast bowlers who were requested by captains to not retire and srinath had to actually come back from retirement when ganguly requested.

4. Zak"s interviews clearly showed that he is likely to succeed as a fast bowling coach.

5 . He is Indian.

So did Chappell

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

can you provide link where virat, shastri or rohit said we are happy we made it till semis. 

Yeah as if they are going to say we are happy...