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SRK: There will be multi strategists not multi captains
Shah Rukh Khan has come out to clarify all the controversy surrounding his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. There had been much furor amongst cricket fans especially in Kolkata who felt that their favourite cricketer, Saurav Ganguly, had been slighted publicly by Khan.
Shah Rukh Khan has come out to clarify all the controversy surrounding his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. There had been much furor amongst cricket fans especially in Kolkata who felt that their favourite cricketer, Saurav Ganguly, had been slighted publicly by Khan.
According to Khan, KKR will not have multiple captains but multiple strategists in each department of the game to ensure the team excels in all parts of the game.
"Needless to say the term 'multi captains' has raised a few eyebrows and questions. The idea is to have a set of strategists as is always the case classically in cricket who will form a team of 4 or 5 core experts in the field of fielding, bowling, batting and data etc," said Khan.
He went on to add that the coaches or strategists would assist the one captain on field with their viewpoints on the game plan set earlier.
"The captain for the team is one and one only as is the case in most sports. Just the roles which are there in the regular format of the game as the fielding expert, batting coaches are being better defined to be able to give quick suggestions as in the case of baseball and some other faster paced sports. All internal decisions are taken collectively by the core cricketing team which comprises of John (Buchanan), Saurav (Ganguly), Mathew Mott and a few others. There is no dissent on that ever," clarified Khan.
So what caused the confusion if it was simply a case of better team management?
"This confusion is caused because these roles got described as multiple captains a day before the joint press conference between john and dada. We have immense respect for the two most senior members of our KKR team and all decisions are taken in tandem. As the team is not decided because of all the overseas venue changes etc. We will take the call on the issues of captain, vice captain and the team post the sessions in South Africa prior to the first game. The reason for doing so is not to shirk the issue of who is the captain but to announce all that together to make that a cohesive decision from the team management and to avoid confusion like it has resulted now."
"So please can we now lay to rest all theories on how john and dada relate to each other and let us get on with the more important aspect of getting together the best team to play in the tournament?" he signed off.
"Needless to say the term 'multi captains' has raised a few eyebrows and questions. The idea is to have a set of strategists as is always the case classically in cricket who will form a team of 4 or 5 core experts in the field of fielding, bowling, batting and data etc," said Khan.
He went on to add that the coaches or strategists would assist the one captain on field with their viewpoints on the game plan set earlier.
"The captain for the team is one and one only as is the case in most sports. Just the roles which are there in the regular format of the game as the fielding expert, batting coaches are being better defined to be able to give quick suggestions as in the case of baseball and some other faster paced sports. All internal decisions are taken collectively by the core cricketing team which comprises of John (Buchanan), Saurav (Ganguly), Mathew Mott and a few others. There is no dissent on that ever," clarified Khan.
So what caused the confusion if it was simply a case of better team management?
"This confusion is caused because these roles got described as multiple captains a day before the joint press conference between john and dada. We have immense respect for the two most senior members of our KKR team and all decisions are taken in tandem. As the team is not decided because of all the overseas venue changes etc. We will take the call on the issues of captain, vice captain and the team post the sessions in South Africa prior to the first game. The reason for doing so is not to shirk the issue of who is the captain but to announce all that together to make that a cohesive decision from the team management and to avoid confusion like it has resulted now."
"So please can we now lay to rest all theories on how john and dada relate to each other and let us get on with the more important aspect of getting together the best team to play in the tournament?" he signed off.
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