BCCI to review away performances | Can Duncan Fletcher be sacked?

[maniac]

Dhoni has not been criticized by the media to the extent they should have for the overseas debacles. I agree Fletcher is having a free ride but he seems to be the lesser evil compared to dhoni. Dhoni has to be sacked from test captaincy and media' date=' ex-players doesnt seem to bother to voice their opinion except bedi. Sunny's sudden statement on Fletcher looks like diversion tactics.[/quote'] Fletcher was always going to be the fall guy while the inmates run the asylum to the ground.....They got lucky that he wasn't another Chappell or things would have gotten nasty for the good

[Yoda-esque]

No I am obsessed with Indian cricket and care for it......The least I can do is voice my opinion on what is hurting it the most

Well Ishant has a already been removed. Rohit and Rayudu to follow..

[vvvslaxman]

Fletcher was always going to be the fall guy while the inmates run the asylum to the ground.....They got lucky that he wasn't another Chappell or things would have gotten nasty for the good

How is he a fall guy.. He is hardly getting any criticism. He was a disasterous choice from the get go.

[vvvslaxman]

]No I am obsessed with Indian cricket and care for it......The least I can do is voice my opinion on what is hurting it the most

I don't think so :cantstop: You are rooting Sharmas who are in there because of Dhoni

[maniac]

How is he a fall guy.. He is hardly getting any criticism. He was a disasterous choice from the get go.

That I agree.....Nothing much separates Kirsten and Fletcher though in terms of contribution....hencethe focus on dhoni

[vvvslaxman]

That I agree.....Nothing much separates Kirsten and Fletcher though in terms of contribution....hencethe focus on dhoni

Just 200 pounds :giggle:

[Midfielder]

He was the coach/mentor/captain at Rajasthan Royals for 2 years.. RR haven't done too badly' date='have they?[/quote'] He was playing and captain. Spend 10 years coaching so that you get an idea.

[diga]

He was playing and captain. Spend 10 years coaching so that you get an idea.

When did coaching 10 years become a criterion for being Indian coach? Kirsten too had very little coaching experience before he became India team coach & even Fleming who coaches the CSK

[vvvslaxman]

He was playing and captain. Spend 10 years coaching so that you get an idea.

When John wright took over India's coaching role he hardly had any experience. Just Kent coaching. Same with Gary kirsten. Every coach has to start somewhere isn't he.

[ravishingravi]

Get Tom Moody.

[Texan]

Any other team would have fired Fletcher long ago after such disastrous results. Fletcher has been a total failure. I don't think he even gets much of a say unlike when he was coach of England. Indian team selection and strategies are dominated by the captain and senior players who make all the decisions.

[Texan]

But, just firing Fletcher will not help. Sweeping changes are needed. In team selection. In strategy. In decision making. I have even given up watching cricket. It is so depressing.

[Soorma_Bhopali]

I am glad Sunny is livid. I do not understand this logic about do not fire before WC theory. If the fat feck stays in his job, we are going to have a miserable run to the WC and and an embarrassing exit. Why not take the chance, fire his fat auss and hire someone more credible NOW? I mean how much worse will it get? We are so far down, we can't go any further thanks to the fat ausshole!! Sunny is correct. The fat feck is a LOSER and a REJECT!!!

I Totally Agree ..Even Australia could have taken the soft approach to not fire Mickey Arthur just 15 days before the away Ashes Series ..but they bite the bullet when they were convinced that any longer stay for Arthur would have meant good bye to their chances in even the home ashes ..and they have been handsomely rewarded for a smart decision by CA:hatsoff:

[Roshanrocks]

Everybody except the BCCi want Fletcher to stay...

[The Realist]

Why an outspoken Gavaskar is great for Indian cricket Welcome back, Mr. Gavaskar. We have missed you. Sunil Gavaskar’s trenchant critique of the Duncan Fletcher era is just what Indian cricket needs (though Fletcher may disagree). Gavaskar believes it is time Fletcher made way for a younger coach – one more in tune with the demands of the modern game – and he has pulled no punches in saying so. Gavaskar has been increasingly forthright since India travelled to South Africa, whether on screen as a commentator, in his position as a cricket expert for NDTV or in print, as he did with the Fletcher piece. He is simply calling them as he sees them and it is refreshing to watch him do it. There are few men or women in world cricket who can match Gavaskar’s achievements and knowledge of the game. He has been there and done that many times over. That’s why an honest and direct Gavaskar is of enormous value to any discussion surrounding Indian cricket. Whether one agrees or disagrees is not the point. What matters is going beyond the BCCI echo chamber and not simply parroting the party line. Over the last couple of months, Gavaskar has not been shy in critcising India’s failure to win the first Test in South Africa, pointing out India’s domestic cricket set-up does not reward going for a win, slammed the team’s work ethic during the Asia Cup, as was baffled by India’s refusal to play reserve players in the Asia Cup game against Afghanistan in a game without consequences for either side. He isn’t couching his criticism in generalities, either. After India named that unchanged side against Afghanistan, Gavaskar did not hold back on live TV. “The only thing that comes to my mind is that there is that worry and there’s probably a fear that if these guys do well, what happens to our favourites in the team. “This is what breeds complacency, guys know, kuch bhi karoon, team main hoon (whatever I do, I’m in the team).” Coming from a man who has 10,000 Test runs and won a World Cup, comments like those are hard to ignore and force discussion, whether the powers-that-be like it or not. It is not all about criticism either. Gavaskar praised India’s fourth-innings batting performance in the first Test in New Zealand, calling it “one of the better run chases by India on foreign soil that I have seen”. India lost that game but coming from a man who is renowned for his fourth-innings heroics, it was not idle praise and would have done much for the players’ morale at a difficult time for the team. Nor is he just running with the wind. Amid the MS Dhoni captaincy debate, he came to the beleaguered Indian captain’s defense after the New Zealand Test series. “The thing is, he [Dhoni] is winning handsomely in India and therefore it's very difficult to say to him, okay thank you, you won 3-0, all three Test matches in India but sorry your overseas record is not good so we are going to change the captain. So that kind of thing doesn't work." At the same time, Gavaskar admitted he would have been disappointed not to win the second Test from a winning position had he been the captain. Then there is the insight Gavaskar can offer during commentary. During the first Test against New Zealand, he pointed out Dhoni likes to take the ball at his knees while keeping. As a result, he stands further back than some other wicketkeepers might, forcing the slip fielders to move back a couple of feet too. That’s why edges were coming to the fielders at ankle height or not carrying at all, contributing to India’s troubles in the slips. It is not something the casual viewer would have spotted and added a deeper layer to watching the game than one would get from a simple description of what is happening (admittedly, it is also what he is paid to do). The BCCI does not like discussion and believes in controlling the message like the former Kremlin. That’s why selectors, coaches and players are routinely gagged. The board’s influence even extends to the commentary box. Danny Morrison, the former New Zealand fast bowlers, reportedly lost his contract because he mentioned Virat Kohli has a future India captain. Ravi Shastri’s claim that the BCCI cannot be questioned is emblematic of the mindset that pervades the Indian system. In this environment, a plainspoken Gavaskar is a Godsend. He provides a perspective on Indian cricket that would be impossible to get elsewhere and his record and stature make it all but impossible to discredit his opinion. Now if only the others would follow his example. Allowing a thousand opinions to bloom is a much better cricketing world that one with the single, solitary voice of the BCCI. http://www.firstpost.com/sports/why-an-outspoken-gavaskar-is-great-for-indian-cricket-1427195.html

[Switchblade]

Board summons Fletcher, may give him an ultimatum http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/cricketnews/board-summons-fletcher-may-give-him-an-ultimatum/article1-1194755.aspx On Friday morning, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys travel to Bangladesh for the ICC World T20. Around the same time the Zimbabwean will go to Chennai to meet the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan. It was reliably learnt from the BCCI that Srinivasan has summoned the coach, who after India’s series of dismal performances — the latest in the Asia Cup where they lost to both Sri Lanka and Pakistan — had gone back to South Africa, to give Fletcher an ultimatum to perform or perish. The team’s recent performances have drawn lot of flak. Many experts, including former cricketers, have asked for Fletcher’s head. Very recently, BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel had told HT that a review of the team’s performance will be sought from captain Dhoni and Fletcher at an opportune time. Realising that there is hardly any time after the ICC World T20, which will be followed by the IPL and the series against England in June, Srinivasan has convened the meeting before India heads out to Dhaka. A source in the BCCI has confirmed that Patel has apprised Dhoni of Srinivasan’s meeting with Fletcher. Other than Srinivasan, Patel and BCCI general manager of cricket operations, MV Sridhar, will be present at the meeting.

[Cricket_Hacker]

Nah.they have called him to extend his contract

[Roshanrocks]

Why did we need a a zimbabwean coach in the first place? That team is a minnow... Its like Brazil appointing an Indian footballing coach :P

[Switchblade]

Team coach Duncan Fletcher was, however, not with the team at the time of departure amid speculation that he had been summoned by BCCI chief N Srinivasan to explain the team's poor results. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournament/t20-world-cup-2014/top-stories/Indian-team-leaves-for-Bangladesh-avoids-media/articleshow/32005029.cms

[The Realist]

Fletcher is on a perrmanent holiday anyway prior to retirement Bishan Singh Bedi has gone one step further, saying Fletcher has no connect with the team and doesn't care if India wins or loses. He is a mercenary. Another left-arm spinner, Maninder Singh, feels: "We still have almost a year to go for the World Cup. We need someone dynamic who can take tough calls."