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New India coach discussion thread [Update : Ravi Shastri is the Coach]

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mishra Mentor

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5 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Or on second thought it may be an attempt to buy some time to avoid backlash from fans since Shastri has been selected.

Listen the interview, Dada is talking about freedom to function for Coaches as they all have made it clear to CAC about their functioning. I dont want to read too much but, He is saying, aplicants are equally concerned with Kohli's attitude and want a guarantee

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asterix Proficient

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If this is true then some more indirect blackmailing to be done by kohli about Shastri to CAC. CAC may not be agreeing on Shastri. 

 

 

 

The RAT will do this at his own peril... the gang he is depending on to support won't win him many matches... He too can try losing as many matches possible. It can't be worse than his RCB captaincy record...

 

All this will lead to more public distrust in his captaincy and ability to lead well.

 

If I was Kohli, I won't take any further "bund pangeys"...

 

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The Realist Grand Master

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The CAC interviewed Richard Pybus, Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri, Lalchand Rajput and Tom Moody for the post and stated that the presentations that were made were 'outstanding' and 'exactly what coaches want to do in this system'. Phil Simmons, who was also amongst the shortlisted members, was unavailable for interview on Monday.

 

"We want to speak to Kohli once he's back from America. All the three of us (the CAC) along with the respective people concerned. We will explain to him that the coaches want to function in a certain way and make sure that everybody is on the same page. Because once we make this announcement, it has to be till the World Cup.

 

"What we've heard from the coaches today is nothing different from what we've heard last year. They've been outstanding, some of the names we've discussed. We were pleasantly surprised when we heard of the plans on how they want to go about the job," added Ganguly.

 

Ganguly said that the committee had just spoken to the candidates, but had not made up its mind over who they would like to be the next coach. He added that the 'process' is complete, but now they will speak to the 'people who matter' to take it forward.

 

Looks like Ganguly is slapping Kohli down

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Tibarn Community Regular

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Nice summary article was on cricinfo today regarding India's coaching prospects

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1100525.html

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Ravi Shastri
In August 2014, after India had capitulated to a 3-1 defeat in a Test series in England, Shastri, who had no prior senior coaching experience, was brought in as team director to work with head coach Duncan Fletcher. India went on to lose a Test and ODI series in Australia, but reached the semi-final of the 2015 World Cup. After that, Fletcher's contract was not renewed and Shastri continued as director, overseeing Test series wins in Sri Lanka, at home against South Africa and a win in the Asia Cup. He is understood to have developed a rapport with captain Virat Kohli during that period, which is one of the chief reasons he is considered the favourite to be named coach this time.

Phil Simmons
Simmons has coached three international teams - Zimbabwe, Ireland and West Indies. His 18-month stint with West Indies ended in September 2016 after he had disagreements with members of the West Indies Cricket Board and with director of cricket Richard Pybus, who is also a candidate for the India coaching job. His sacking came just four months after West Indies won the World T20. That was a rare high during Simmons' tenure with West Indies - the only other series win, in any format, under him was in a Twenty20 series against India, and the team slipped down the ODI rankings, leading them to miss the 2017 Champions Trophy.

His eight-year stint (2007-2015) with Ireland was more successful. With him as coach, Ireland won 11 trophies, qualified for every major ICC event and beat Pakistan, England and West Indies in World Cup matches. It was in sharp contrast with his tenure as Zimbabwe coach, from 2004 to 2005, which was fraught with disagreements with board members and ended with him facing deportation from the country.

Since being removed as West Indies coach, Simmons has coached St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League and acted as a consultant to the Afghanistan national team.

Virender Sehwag
When he was appointed mentor of Kings XI Punjab in the IPL last year - his first coaching stint at any level - Sehwag brought to the job the free-spirited approach that had characterised his batting. Despite Kings XI finishing last in 2016, the management persevered with Sehwag and elevated him to head of cricket operations and strategy for the 2017 season.

Kings XI did markedly better this season and remained in contention for the playoffs deep into the season, before finishing fifth. Sehwag, 38, did not mince words after Kings XI's dire performance in their last game, lashing out at his overseas players for not pulling their weight.

 

Tom Moody
Moody will hope to be third-time lucky in the race for the India coaching job, after losing to Greg Chappell in 2005 and Anil Kumble last year.

Soon after his playing career wound down in 2000-01, Moody, a two-time world cup winner, was named director of cricket at Worcestershire before taking over as Sri Lanka coach in May 2005.

After guiding Sri Lanka to the final of the 2007 World Cup, Moody returned home to coach Western Australia. Ahead of IPL 2013, Moody was named coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad and he oversaw the team's title triumph in 2016. In 2014, Moody took up the role of director of cricket in the Caribbean Premier League. He is also the current director of cricket for the BBL team Melbourne Renegades, a post he has held since 2014.

 

Richard Pybus
After injuries restricted his playing career to a solitary List A game, Richard Pybus turned to coaching at a young age and achieved remarkable success. Apart from winning trophies with Titans and Cape Cobras in South Africa, Pybus, born and raised in England, coached Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup, when they made the final. His second stint with Pakistan in the 2000s wasn't as successful though.

 

In May 2012, Pybus took over as Bangladesh coach before resigning five months later because of a disagreement over the terms of his contract. A year later Pybus was appointed director of West Indies cricket for a three-year period.

Lalchand Rajput
A former Mumbai batsman with a first-class average of nearly 50, Lalchand Rajput's post-retirement career has been just as, if not more, fruitful. Rajput was manager of the India team that won the inaugural World T20 in 2007, and he has had successful coaching stints with the India under-19 and A teams.

 

Apart from coaching the Mumbai side in the Ranji Trophy, Rajput, 55, was with Mumbai Indians in the first season of the IPL in 2008. He was also one of the candidates interviewed for the India coaching job last year. While he didn't make the cut then, Rajput was appointed coach of Afghanistan soon after. He is currently with the Afghanistan team in the West Indies for a limited-overs tour.

 

 

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The CAC interviewed Richard Pybus, Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri, Lalchand Rajput and Tom Moody for the post and stated that the presentations that were made were 'outstanding' and 'exactly what coaches want to do in this system'. Phil Simmons, who was also amongst the shortlisted members, was unavailable for interview on Monday.

 

"We want to speak to Kohli once he's back from America. All the three of us (the CAC) along with the respective people concerned. We will explain to him that the coaches want to function in a certain way and make sure that everybody is on the same page. Because once we make this announcement, it has to be till the World Cup.

 

"What we've heard from the coaches today is nothing different from what we've heard last year. They've been outstanding, some of the names we've discussed. We were pleasantly surprised when we heard of the plans on how they want to go about the job," added Ganguly.

 

Ganguly said that the committee had just spoken to the candidates, but had not made up its mind over who they would like to be the next coach. He added that the 'process' is complete, but now they will speak to the 'people who matter' to take it forward.

 

Looks like Ganguly is slapping Kohli down

Kohli' goose is cooked or his bluff has been called out... :nice:

 

It doesn't matters for me if India loses matches under the new coach... No player or players & lobbyists are bigger than the team... I hope those who are now wishing for a Non-Tracer Bullet coach do support him when the team starts losing matches in order to put the new coach in a spot...

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BCCI to give Virat Kohli two options to pick the Indian head coach

 

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All eyes were on the media centre of the headquarters of the BCCI where the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewed the candidates for the position of the head coach of Indian cricket team. With the interviews lined up from 1 pm, it was expected that the CAC, would arrive at a decision, run it through the board as well as the CoA and announce the name by evening but that hasn’t happened.

When Sourav Ganguly walked out with acting Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Amitabh Chaudhury the scribes were excited and so were the fans. But all Ganguly said was they are not hurrying into things and will take their time to make the decision in consultation with skipper Virat Kohli.

“There is no hurry to appoint the coach, as it is a long-term prospect, at least until the end of the 2019 World Cup,” Ganguly said. He also mentioned that Kohli had no involvement in the procedure thus far but will be given an opportunity to make the choice.

The answer everyone who has an interest in Indian cricket wants to know is, when will the coach be picked? “Once he (Kohli), the members of the team are on the same page,” Ganguly added. “Virat also needs to know how coaches would function,” he said.

Virat Kohli to choose between two options

After the press conference reports via BCCI sources emerged that Virat will be given two names to pick from and most likely it will be either former Indian opener Virender Sehwag or Tom Moody.

Now the CAC, BCCI and the CoA will wait for the skipper to return who will head to the United States of America from the Caribbean for a short vacation. GS Vivek an associate editor with a leading news channel posted on Twitter that Kohli will return on July 17 whereas the team will leave for Sri Lanka on July 20 since they are scheduled to play a practice game from July 21 ahead of the series opener on 26 at Galle.

Meanwhile, one man who is set to retain his job is Sanjay Bangar who has played different roles in the team, as batting coach, assistant coach as well as the head coach when no one has been at the helm. There is also a possibility that Bangar will lead the team into the tour and the new coach will join them ahead of the limited-overs leg.

Looks like Shastri is out of the race 

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