Jitna bhashan ye abhi de raha hai na, Apne coaching term uska 1/4th bhi nahi kiya. Before his term India's catching/fielding was top notch. He came and somehow the focus went on phony fitness and 1 player only and we forget how to do basics right. Thats why MS was a legend, he knew the difference between match fitness and phony gym fitness. BTW what did the fitness due win barring that one BGT against a depleted aus side? 🤣Originally posted by: Savera84
3 Days to go!!!
India will have to pick up their fielding, feels Ravi Shastriby Cricbuzz Staff
"Look at what Sri Lanka did in the Asia Cup with fielding," said Ravi Shastri
Ravi Shastri feels that India have the ability to go the distance in the T20 World Cup and predicted Australia, England and Pakistan to be the other semi-finalists. At an interaction at the Mumbai Press Club on Wednesday, the former India coach stuck his neck out on the potential semi-final line-up at the October 15-November 13 tournament. South Africa and New Zealand, he said, are the dark horses.
Shastri's confidence stemmed from India's batting which, he said, is the best in recent times. "I have been part of the system for the last six-seven years, first as a coach and now I am watching from the outside, and I think this is as good a line-up as India has ever had in T20 cricket. With Surya (Surya Kumar Yadav) at No 4, Hardik at No 5, and Rishabh Pant or Dinesh Karthik at No 6 it makes a massive difference," Shastri said. "It allows the top order to play the way they are playing."
The former India coach, however, pointed to fielding as the team's Achilles' heel. "One area that India will have to pick up and start right from the beginning is fielding. They need to work hard and get their A game on the field when they step out against Pakistan. Those 15-20 runs that you save can make all the difference because otherwise every time you get out to bat, you need to get 15-20 runs extra. For sides like Australia, England, South Africa they field like crazy. Look at what Sri Lanka did in the Asia Cup with fielding. They won a tight game against Pakistan riding on fielding," Shastri pointed out.
He was the coach in 2019 wc. What did he do? Nothing. Instead played played random players in stupid positions out of nowhere.
That Koach+Bewda period was the most cancerous period in india cricket history. Thank god they are gone. I was literally losing interest in cricket because of their shenanigans. I remember almost everything of 2015 wc or 2020-21 bgt but nothing from 2019 wc or 2018-19 bgt.
One more news, Abhay Sharma (the reason for whatever fielding improvement indian women's team are showing now , he was coach for long time and then left to be with family and applied for mens job too after the break ) was supposed to be fielding coach but he was rejected by this management simply because he was close to kumble and Anushka's husband ego couldn't take it. Even in 2017 kumbles plan was to bat first in a big game and but kohli disobeyed it and chose bowling. 🤬
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