TNAmarkFromIndia Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 India fielding coach R Sridhar has spoken about a surprise midnight call he received from India skipper Virat Kohli and a few details about the conversations that were part of Kohli handing over the reins to Ajinkya Rahane for the best part of the Australia series. Speaking on Ravichandran Ashwin’s YouTube channel, Sridhar said: “It was midnight, around 12.30 am, the night we lost the Adelaide Test. Virat Kohli messaged me: ‘What are you doing?’ I was shocked. I thought ‘why is he messaging at this time?’ I told him ‘head coach (Ravi Shastri), myself, Bharat Arun and Vikram Rathour are sitting together’. He said, ‘I’ll also join you’. I said, ‘no problem, come over.’ “He came there and all of us started discussing. That’s where ‘Mission Melbourne’ began. Shastri made a point there: ‘This 36, wear it like a badge! This 36 is what will make this team great’,” said Sridhar. Kohli was the highest scorer for India in the 1st Test, in which they were dismissed for 36 in the second innings, but returned to India after that match to be with his wife at the time of the birth of his first child. Sridhar recalled that Kohli and Rahane had a discussion as to what would be the way forward for the team for the remainder of the series. “We were slightly confused but then we started talking about the decisions we’d have to take. Then Virat called Ajinkya the next morning and we had a very good discussion. After a 36 all-out, usually, teams would strengthen their batting. But Ravi Shastri, Virat, and Ajinkya decided to strengthen the bowling. That’s how we replaced Virat with Ravindra Jadeja, and it was a masterstroke,” concluded Sridhar. AuxiliA 1 Link to comment
Popular Post R!TTER Posted January 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 Wow Kohli PR in full flow Jimmy Cliff, PunterLog, Banton and 18 others 1 19 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Lol, On damage control mode Kohli and his stooges must stop this asap nevada, Soorma_Bhopali, raki05 and 2 others 1 2 2 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 He is the captain, if he doesnt have sleepless night after 36 then god help us. beetle and Adamant 2 Link to comment
IndianRenegade Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 This was in Ashwin’s YouTube channel so not sure how this is just PR. AuxiliA and Adamant 2 Link to comment
Serpico Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said: This was in Ashwin’s YouTube channel so not sure how this is just PR. Sridhar needs to keep his job. Our fielding was the worst part of the series, yet no one else s questioning his job beetle, Indwin and raki05 3 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said: This was in Ashwin’s YouTube channel so not sure how this is just PR. Its PR, cause stone cold said so ... .. and thats the bottom line Link to comment
IndianRenegade Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Serpico said: Sridhar needs to keep his job. Our fielding was the worst part of the series, yet no one else s questioning his job yes it was a bad fielding performance, he acknowledged the fear for his job in the interview too, but that mean this conversation didn't happen. Its not reporting from some anonymous source, Sridhar is on record saying this happened. Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Yeah everything you don't like is PR. Matlab kis bubble mai rehte ho yaar. Link to comment
Serpico Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said: Sridhar is on record saying this happened. It probably did happen lol, it's not out of ordinary for two captains to have a call. What he's implying here is that Kohli has a big part in Melbourne win. Like in a movie, he called from airport and gave a rousing speech to the troops.. like Aragon at the end of return of the king, rahane looked back at the team and said "for kohli" before running into the ground mishra, Soorma_Bhopali, Pandya_Power and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
Adamant Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, Serpico said: It probably did happen lol, it's not out of ordinary for two captains to have a call. What he's implying here is that Kohli has a big part in Melbourne win. Like in a movie, he called from airport and gave a rousing speech to the troops.. like Aragon at the end of return of the king, rahane looked back at the team and said "for kohli" before running into the ground Quite possible. beetle 1 Link to comment
GautiMaan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, Serpico said: Sridhar needs to keep his job. Our fielding was the worst part of the series, yet no one else s questioning his job He was humble enough in the interview to admit that ppl would question his results and Ashwin made some jibes at him too,will probably be given some more time as we did come back with a win here. Link to comment
Suhaan Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, Adamant said: Quite possible. In dreams,same as he had that he'd win in Australia Link to comment
Norman Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 I told him ‘head coach (Ravi Shastri), myself, Bharat Arun and Vikram Rathour are sitting together’. Hmmm I wonder what they were doing together. Link to comment
ShoonyaSifar Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Poor fielding coach had to add Kohli's name as an afterthought. If Kohli really cared so much, he would have quit captaincy out of sheer shame. But then since when have small things like a string of test losses mattered to captain choker and his cheerleaders nevada, javier26, beetle and 2 others 5 Link to comment
King6 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said: Poor fielding coach had to add Kohli's name as an afterthought. If Kohli really cared so much, he would have quit captaincy out of sheer shame. But then since when have small things like a string of test losses mattered to captain choker and his cheerleaders Under kohli captaincy india won the 4 test macs. Don't forget. First rahane should contribute with bat. Then management thinking about captaincy change. Now Kohli is perfect for test captain. Link to comment
IndianRenegade Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Serpico said: It probably did happen lol, it's not out of ordinary for two captains to have a call. What he's implying here is that Kohli has a big part in Melbourne win. Like in a movie, he called from airport and gave a rousing speech to the troops.. like Aragon at the end of return of the king, rahane looked back at the team and said "for kohli" before running into the ground Actually, He didn't say any of those things. He just said they all had a discussion on the way forward, he didn't credit Kohli or anything. Its just that Indian Express decided to run with this headline. Link to comment
Popular Post The Realist Posted January 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 Next thing they will manufacture is another fairy tale about how Kohli provided input to improve the covid vaccines. Has been totally sidelined by the series victory and become a non factor hence making up BS stories to keep him relevant. velu, Indwin, raki05 and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hope he pointed out not to lash out at player who is at crease after he gets you out. raki05 1 Link to comment
raki05 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hmmm so now the whole victory would be dedicated to captain fattu who has taken maternity 2 months before child born. Link to comment
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