Anil Kumble: Head coach [Update Post 141: Kumble will teach India to deal with 'tough moments']

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On 7/14/2016 at 2:42 AM, Ankit_sharma03 said:

U shud go see his fitness i have posted a pics n videos. Ull know lazy that rohit is by his paunch.

even ashwin looks leaner now

where???

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1 minute ago, radhika said:

where???

 

This thread both at page 1 n 2

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The importance of Kumble the coach for India's bowlers

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/1040949.html

 

Some excerpts ...

 

* The new coach is already making a difference to Ashwin's overseas record, and his partnership with Kohli could be fruitful too.

 

* Is it a coincidence that R Ashwin reached new heights as a spinner in away Tests after Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble came together? I believe not, for the two are among the most positive thinkers on the game that Indian cricket knows, and I am sure they have given Ashwin and the other Indian bowlers a dose of the sort of confidence they have rarely known before.

 

* As a specialist bowler Kumble brings a rare advantage to his job. He understands bowling and bowlers in a way batsmen-coaches can seldom do. In his all-too-short stint as captain of India, he handled bowlers perhaps better than most of his predecessors did.

 

* As coach, Kumble has even greater freedom to try out his bowling theories than he had in his captaincy days (as he doesn't have to deal with thinking of when to bring himself on or take himself off), though he still needs to sell his ideas to Kohli.

 

* In fact, the Kohli-Kumble partnership could be the ideal coach-captain combination, with Kohli bringing a complementary batsman-captain's perspective into their discussions. It helps that both of them are equally aggressive in intent and tend to back the bowlers. Both seem to allow the bowlers to express themselves without inhibition.

 

* It's early days still, but the Kumble-Kohli partnership does augur well for India's bowlers in the long run, though the pair will be tested by stronger teams than West Indies.