Salem: Cricket legend Kapil Dev on Monday said he did not want to be a coach and said I always want to be a player.
Perth: Australia would have to be on its guard against unpredictable Pakistan in the Test series to be played next month, Australian opening batsman Justin Langer warned here on Monday.
Bangalore: Oh! Mr John Wright, when are you going to get it right? It doesn't require a 'phoren' coach, who is paid oodles of money, to say that the Indians had been 'outplayed' or 'Our batting just fell apart'. The live
Bangalore: Oh! Mr John Wright, when are you going to get it right? It doesn't require a 'phoren' coach, who is paid oodles of money, to say that the Indians had been 'outplayed' or 'Our batting just fell apart'. The live coverage of the match on television told the obvious tale. India a pool of talented cricketers - and record holders - hasn't been able to break the overseas jinx of winning a Test series or should we rather say playing the five full days of a Test match. The previous Board of Control for Cricket in India regime headed
The 2000 women's World Cup was, indeed, an out-and-out success but from the Indian point of view the much talked about World Cup and the subsequent heartbreak is worth pondering over. Thatscricket.com spoke at length to Shantha Rangaswamy, who had the opportunity of watching the Indian cricketers in action from close quarters, in an effort to unravel the shortcomings."To put it in a sentence, expectations were belied," is what the former great had to say with regards to the tremendous high with which the team left the Indian shores; only to put up a very scratchy performance - against teams
Terming it as a 'raw deal', former international Shantha Rangaswamy told thatscricket.com in an exclusive interview that she did not subscribe to reasons - whatever - that necessitated the last minute swapping of the coach of the Indian team that recently toured New Zealand for the World Cup.Rumour has it that Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) chief Anuradha Dutt was not satisfied with the way the preparatory camps were conducted, especially the fitness and running between aspect of the game and hence the change. However Shantha begs to defer. " The Indian team's fielding and running between was as
It is a combination of all. Majority of the responsibility lies with the players and partly with the system. If a player does not get to play tournaments on a regular basis it is very difficult to sustain a level of fitness continuously, throughout the year. Suddenly we get to know that there is a tournament, 15 or 20 days in advance. Given that scenario, to pick up fitness and perform at optimum level is quite difficult. Moreover, most of our matches are one-sided and as a result our fitness is really not put to the test. The Bottom
Realistically speaking, do you think it is possible to market this game so that it can be a career option, given the fact that men's cricket hogs the limelight and all that is there to it?Yes, it is possible but it takes a lot of work and heart. It definitely won't happen overnight but it can be achieved in the long run provided there is restructuring and rejuvenation of the entire process. It requires a wholesale effort form everybody involved with the game. The associations have to do their bit, the players have to chip in, in general a combined
The team left India on a high, what do you suppose went wrong?It was a mental let down. The occasion of the World Cup should sink in very deep. It shouldn't be a surface thought. The feeling should come from the pit of the stomach.Did the swapping of coaches affect the team in any way?No, I think the game had to go on irrespective of these off-field activities. It, however, was a grave injustice meted out to Sudha Shah. In a way, I felt if Srirupa Bose had to be the coach then she should have been there through out.
But did it not strike you all that there would be a vacuum in the middle order?No, the middle order was packed with me, Anju and Chander.Precisely! With you all being openers is it not a new role for you all to be playing the in middle order?I was always assigned to go one drop with Chander two and then Anju. But at the fall of Smitha's wicket it was decided that Chander would go ahead of me.So, eventually both the openers ended up in the middle order. Moreover, the act of having one opener and a pinch hitter is
