Ravi Shashtri appointed director for the India-Eng series | Sanjay Bangar and Bharat Arun to assist Duncan Fletcher

[beetle]

There is one big positive here. We will not have to hear Shastri's commentary.

:two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:masterstroke.Ek teer do shikar.

[rkt.india]

This was before he was a BCCI stooge. This move by BCCI is only to protect Dhoni' date=' it is a genius move, everyone else can be blamed and be the fall guy and Dhoni remains unscathced[/quote'] Everyone knows Dhoni should go, but there is no one who can claim that spot. You do not give some guy captaincy who scored 130 runs in the series.

[G_B_]

I thought Shastri actually did a bang up job in the aftermath of the WC 2007 debacle. Granted it was just BD. Being a stooge and being somebody who can provide the correct inputs are not mutually exclusive things. Some keyboard warriors need to wait before they judge.

[undisputed chap]

I hope he is being appointed as an bcci stooge to see what exactly the players are upto. We have seen the players doing some atrocious shyte instead of practicing cricket. Obviously the coaches or players won't be telling on each other but a serial butt kisser like shastri can be that guy.

[zep1706]

A one day series win would be the worst thing that can happen to this team. I hope they get humiliated, but don't think that is going to happen. :(

[philcric]

All three results are possible now

[CG]

Shashtri was in charge of the team before too in 2007 and had done a good job. He will get things done with players and will be more at their back pushing them.

Huh ? bangladesh series.

[Raghav_12]

Everyone knows Dhoni should go' date=' but there is no one who can claim that spot. You do not give some guy captaincy who scored 130 runs in the series.[/quote'] Oh please Stop it..!! This TINA thing is going for too too long. It's better to play with no captain then playing under him. This is absolute joke. Just because he made few meaningless runs in dead cases without threatening the outcome of the match, his performance can't be said good enough. God knows for how long I haven't seen him throwing himself around. He misses more chances in a match then he ever compensated by his runs in any match. He must go. Even if that means making Kohli/Pujara/Rahane/Ashwin/Pankaj Singh captain.

[The Realist]

I think a few of the posters here saw and have commented on Shashtri's performance on a cricket show on Sky the other week. It was cringing and embarrassing. They asked him why Ind continue to fail with Dhoni overseas and he completely avoided the question and talked about other random stuff like the process instead. Brings nothing to the table apart from a long history of visible substance abuse. Maybe the solution is to get Dhoni high so he shows some actual emotion on a cricket pitch...

[Iconoclast]

Some half-ass stuff here ... If you want to fire your coaches just fire them.

[rkt.india]

Oh please Stop it..!! This TINA thing is going for too too long. It's better to play with no captain then playing under him. This is absolute joke. Just because he made few meaningless runs in dead cases without threatening the outcome of the match, his performance can't be said good enough. God knows for how long I haven't seen him throwing himself around. He misses more chances in a match then he ever compensated by his runs in any match. He must go. Even if that means making Kohli/Pujara/Rahane/Ashwin/Pankaj Singh captain.

Making them captain wont solve any problem and might destroy the career of these young batsmen. If I had to change the captain, I would have done it after NZ tour when Kohli was in form, but not at this point. Both Pujara and Kohli are under pressure even to sustain their places atm.

[Sachinism]

Nice to see Bangar get a gig

[Raghav_12]

I think a few of the posters here saw and have commented on Shashtri's performance on a cricket show on Sky the other week. It was cringing and embarrassing. They asked him why Ind continue to fail with Dhoni overseas and he completely avoided the question and talked about other random stuff like the process instead. Brings nothing to the table apart from a long history of visible substance abuse. Maybe the solution is to get Dhoni high so he shows some actual emotion on a cricket pitch...

man.. this disease seems to be contagious.. I am sure next interview that Jadeja would give will have mention of process.

[Straight Drive]

I think a few of the posters here saw and have commented on Shashtri's performance on a cricket show on Sky the other week. It was cringing and embarrassing. They asked him why Ind continue to fail with Dhoni overseas and he completely avoided the question and talked about other random stuff like the process instead. Brings nothing to the table apart from a long history of visible substance abuse. Maybe the solution is to get Dhoni high so he shows some actual emotion on a cricket pitch...

What process he talked about. Anything different than Dhoni's ? Shastri speaks what BCCI wants him to speak, doesn't he?. No gains by his appointment imo.

[Raghav_12]

Making them captain wont solve any problem and might destroy the career of these young batsmen. If I had to change the captain' date=' I would have done it after NZ tour when Kohli was in form, but not at this point. Both Pujara and Kohli are under pressure even to sustain their places atm.[/quote'] Let us destroy a batsman in our effort to save whole team. Just think there no Dhoni exists. Would India stop playing cricket?

[rkt.india]

Let us destroy a batsman in our effort to save whole team. Just think there no Dhoni exists. Would India stop playing cricket?

How will it save a team? You cannot change a captain midway through a series. For me, there are far bigger issues than just captaincy right now.

[diga]

In Indian Express

On Penney and Dawes, the official line from BCCI was that they were given a break for the five-match ODI series beginning Aug 25 but a top official said that they have been dropped. "They have actually been dropped. We will take a call on both Penney and Dawes after the series in over," a top BCCI official told IANS.

[Raghav_12]

How will it save a team? You cannot change a captain midway through a series. For me' date=' there are far bigger issues than just captaincy right now.[/quote'] we are not midway of a series as of mow. Remove this captain other otherwise he'll sabotage all efforts to address bigger issues as those efforts will come in way of his process.

[rkt.india]

we are not midway of a series as of mow. Remove this captain other otherwise he'll sabotage all efforts to address bigger issues as those efforts will come in way of his process.

If Kohli had done well even as good as Rahane, there was a case, but dont see any other captaincy candidate in this team right now.

[Raghav_12]

If Kohli had done well even as good as Rahane' date=' there was a case, but dont see any other captaincy candidate in this team right now.[/quote'] why what will happen? we will lose? we'll embarrass ourselves? On the other hand it will push Kohli to improve his performance. Look what has happened with Amla.