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Indian Cricket: The future

After the debacle at the World cup, the crestfallen cricketers arrived home and there were talks of who should retire, the next captain, coach etc. For me the answers are simple.

Retirement: Why should the present Cricketers retire if we don't have good replacements?

Coach: Greg Chappell should be retained. Changing the coach doesn't mean change of fortunes (the best example is Indian Hockey, BCCI be wary of it), instead Greg should be given more freedom in team selection, preparation of pitches, inducting young talent in the team, etc.

Captain: Rahul Dravid, though a good batsman is not as impressive as Captain as Sourav. But that doesn't mean he is not a good captain. Therefore Rahul Dravid should only be the Indian Test captain and for ODIs India needs an young and energetic leader like Yuvraj.

What next? Focus on winning the 20-20 World cup in South Africa in September.

Posted at 01:32PM Mar 30, 2007 by prasanna in Sports  |  Comments[2]

Comments:

Yuvraj has not displayed any leadership skills nor has he maintained a level head under pressure. Thanks to our short sightedness, we don't have anyone who can replace Dravid and be successful abroad too. For home conditions *anyone* can be a captain. Though Greg has good cricketing knowledge, he is not behaving gracefully and resorting to blame game. Someone like Moody will be a better choice.

Posted by Madhan Kumar on March 30, 2007 at 08:25 PM IST #

If you feel Yuvraj is not a good captain, then what about Graeme Smith, who was appointed as SA captain after the 2003 World cup, when he was just inducted into the squad for replacing the injured Jonty Rhodes!
Yuvraj has the aggression and he is the next Sourav in Captaincy.

About Greg, in case of replacements, Steve Waugh or Dean Jones may be a good option too.

Posted by Prasanna Seshadri on March 30, 2007 at 09:00 PM IST #

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