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BCCI sees no future for Duncan Fletcher, taps Rahul Dravid for mentor role


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He played for India in mid 80s and has worked with players at NCA. Though as an Indian bowling coach' date=' I would have preferred TA Shekhar or Subroto Bannerjee. They both have good technical knowledge.[/quote'] This Arun chap sounds like he was an ace trundler in his playing days. Hope he does not swap out the likes of Aaron and Umesh for Unadkut and Mithunda if he survives beyond the ODI series. Prior experience of trundler coach (Venky Prasad) does not inspire confidence. And Prasad at least had international experience.
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This Arun chap sounds like he was an ace trundler in his playing days. Hope he does not swap out the likes of Aaron and Umesh for Unadkut and Mithunda if he survives beyond the ODI series. Prior experience of trundler coach (Venky Prasad) does not inspire confidence. And Prasad at least had international experience.
I think he has worked with likes of Aaron with India A team.
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He played for India in mid 80s and has worked with players at NCA. Though as an Indian bowling coach' date=' I would have preferred TA Shekhar or Subroto Bannerjee. They both have good technical knowledge.[/quote'] I had seen his (B.Arun's) 2 test matches on Doordarshan when he debuted. It was against SL in home series during 1986-87 season ..Nov/Dec 1986 to be precise .He had one of the most peculiar run-ups where he slowly accelerated,then decelarated and then in final two delivery strides, accelarated again :hysterical: . As teengage kids, it was very funny to try to mimic his runup and action .:hehe:
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This Arun chap sounds like he was an ace trundler in his playing days. Hope he does not swap out the likes of Aaron and Umesh for Unadkut and Mithunda if he survives beyond the ODI series. Prior experience of trundler coach (Venky Prasad) does not inspire confidence. And Prasad at least had international experience.
By the same logic, what would you say about Sanjay Bangar?
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Yep, money should not be an issue. Fletcher makes how much? About 300-400K USD? Weren't the BCCI mouthpieces (Shastri and Gavaskar) making like 800k USD just to be BCCI mouthpieces?

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To the contrary' date=' money's the biggest issue with BCCI. The richer you are, the greedier you get.[/quote'] They have been throwing money everywhere to get loyalty. They are paying Shastri etc, as much as Fletcher. Voiding Fletcher's contract would help them save money in the long run, how much do you think the supporting 'staff' who flew in, Shastri, Bangar, etc would be paid? Big money might be a problem, not Fletcher's piddly one year salary
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Dravid's away average is bit misleading as he failed in majority of matches in Australia, SA and SL. Only strong bowling side he did well was England in 2011. But he is one guy who can teach these youngsters how to maximize their talent with complete dedication. Ultimate team man

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