India players reportedly 'intimidated' by coach Kumble

[Shunya]

The worst thing about this is they are conducting interviews next week while the team is playing. How stupid is that. Everyone is going to use this excuse and blow it out of proportion if we lose somehow. Ridiculous timing.

[Silva]

Just bring back duncan fletcher. The players never complained about him. Plus india will always lose so bcci dont have to worry about him asking for a pay raise.

[Lannister]

ICC Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli walks out on Anil Kumble during India net practice?

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With Team India’s crucial ICC Champions Trophy group-stage opener against Pakistan just a couple of days away, reports have emerged that India captain Virat Kohli walked out on head coach Anil Kumble, during a practice session near the Edgebaston Cricket Ground, in Birmingham, on Thursday.

Kohli and Kumble are said to have been at loggerheads since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, which the former clinched 2-1.

 

However, according reports, the two had fallen out over the team selection during the third Test, in Ranchi. Although Kuldeep Yadav, who Kumble was backing to be included in the XI, was not picked for the Ranchi Test, he made his debut in the Dharamsala Test, where Ajinkya Rahane led the team in the absence of the injured Kohli.

Certain reports have also suggested that Kohli was not too happy with Kumble’s iron-fisted approach to team management.

With Kumble’s contract coming to an end after the end of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in England, the BCCI had invited applications for the head coach job, the deadline for which, closed on Wednesday, May 31. The likes of Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajput, Dodda Ganesh, and Richard Pybus are said to have sent in their applications, while Kumble gets a direct entry into the application process.

Kohli, who was already said to have been displeased with the training facilities that were provided to Team India, walked out on Kumble, while the Team India coach was walking into the training pitch with some equipment, according to Bangalore Mirror.

While the alleged walk-out may have been nothing more than Kohli being disappointed about the training facilities adjacent to Edgebaston, it remains to be seen how this entire saga affects the morale of the Indian cricket team, ahead of their crucial Champions Trophy opener against arch-rivals Pakistan.

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How did the morons at BCCI let things to come to this? They wanted to show Kumble in a bad light, but it's obviously backfired, and now we are in a danger of losing out on CT. 

 

 

 

[Gollum]

Indian cricketers deserve an iron rod to keep them in line, not bootlickers like Shastri and Sridhar. 

[Trichromatic]

Now they are not intimidated by anyone as they can openly say look at yourself before commenting to us.

[nevada]

In pro sports like soccer, NBA, American Football etc, it is the coach who runs the show. I wonder why cricket, especially Indian cricket gives all the power to the captain.

[asterix]

In pro sports like soccer, NBA, American Football etc, it is the coach who runs the show. I wonder why cricket, especially Indian cricket gives all the power to the captain.

Because this is the only sports which is a national passion, generates shyteloads of money (both black & white) and funds international cricket. If the captain is at a stage where he cannot be dispensed with and can threaten series of losses unless his demands are met, the board has to strike a balance...