India to axe fielding coach Singh

RE:FIELDING AND BOWLING COACH by arvind shandilya on Mar 19, 2008 08:44 PM News India fielding coach Singh to stay: BCCI REUTERS PrintSaveWrite to EditorMail NEW DELHI, March 19: The Indian cricket board said on Wednesday that fielding coach Robin Singh would be retained for the home Test series against South Africa, denying media reports that said he would be fired. "Yes, he will be there. We will put out a release on this," board secretary Niranjan Shah said when asked about the reports. He did not elaborate. A Delhi-based daily (Not The Times of India ) reported that Gary Kirsten, who has taken over as India coach before the series against his home country, had told the board that Singh's services would not be required. The former India all-rounder joined the team along with bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad last year following their shock first-round exit from the World Cup in the West Indies. Prasad and Singh had a dispute with the board over their involvement with the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), due to be launched next month, the paper said. The first match of the three-Test series starts in Chennai on March 26.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:why to use such a harsh words by Mohammed on Mar 19, 2008 08:45 PM don't except pure grammer in all time. if u r gentle u shud underestand instead of commending...... i know u will fire (fired)back.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:who is gary kirsten by super success on Mar 19, 2008 07:01 PM gary kirsten was dashing batsman and he will be a good coach . india will many game.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:who is gary kirsten by Jatin Kapur on Mar 19, 2008 06:20 PM I think Sunil Gavaskar was offered that position and he turned it down. The reason he gave was because of the obligations towards his own company (forgot its name)! But I think the real reason is that he knows the non sense politics that goes on in there. He is a smart guy wouldnt have liked to step into that and also wouldnt have liked the interference from the board members...    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:who is gary kirsten by Super User on Mar 19, 2008 06:29 PM Sunil Gavaskar is a disruptive personality. Rather than ensuring that the team avoids controversy, he will fuel controversy by making racially targetted statements and spoil the team's focus. Also as a captain he always only plotted for a draw. He never knew how to win a game. India does not need such a coach.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:who is gary kirsten by San Indus on Mar 19, 2008 05:58 PM >> hhe bestest coach will be sunil gavaskar.. This is the bestest joke i have heard for a long time.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:who is gary kirsten by Tarun Chaturvedi on Mar 19, 2008 06:50 PM Sunil is making a lot of money as a sports Commentator.....as well as the owner of a sports management co.So why the hell he would take up this assignment of a coach for petty nuts.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:prasad do not know how to bowl...robin was a great allrounder by Super User on Mar 19, 2008 06:25 PM Rohit, Did you know John Buchanan has never played international cricket and has hardly played 10 games in domestic cricket. But he is considered as the best coach in the world. On the contrary, Greg Chappell and Kapil Dev had glorious careers, but we all know how good they were as coaches. So, playing abilities do not have any bearing on coaching abilities    Forward   |   Report abuse
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RE:prasad do not know how to bowl...robin was a great allrounder by ganesh on Mar 19, 2008 06:16 PM you wont watch the match properly i think. prasad is the deadliest bowler for lefthander except some matches against srilanka in front of jayasurya. he gave too many good starts for india. if u know the game properly then report here otherwise dont put comments like this. u dont know i think under his coaching only ishanth, sreesanth, praveen kumar are having good time in indian cricket.    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach? a practical Joke by vijay on Mar 19, 2008 05:11 PM Well said :) In fact there would have been instances where Kumble would have bowled his spinners faster than Prasad's pace bowling. I am pretty sure about this.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach? a practical Joke by Sunil Desai on Mar 19, 2008 05:40 PM LOL!!    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach? a practical Joke by Milind on Mar 19, 2008 05:07 PM He is secretly learning to bowl from sharma gang so that he can try his luck in IPL again...    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach? a practical Joke by PS on Mar 19, 2008 05:24 PM need not be... jose mourinho, fabio capello, marcelo lippi, alex ferg, wenger, buchannan, brad gilbert, dave whatmore, ........... none of these were gifted players, but are wonderful coaches.....    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling coach? a practical Joke by shashank k on Mar 19, 2008 05:39 PM Well said.not necessarily if a person is good teacher he can be a good in that field and vice-versa. If so Ramakant Achrekar should have been greater than Sachin Tendulkar....    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:. by shashank k on Mar 19, 2008 05:43 PM well said. i dont know why he was dropped from the indian quad itself. Guru greg wanted fresh-young talent and we had to loose Robin singh in those times... pretty sad, when the fielding has improved so much in last couple of months they are letting Robin go again, listening to a gora for that matter... this phirangs will always drown out boats....    Forward   |   Report abuse

RE:RE:robin singh by amit jain on Mar 19, 2008 05:16 PM I don't understand why they require coach as india is doing so well without coach.    Forward   |   Report abuse
RE:robin singh by pakaya on Mar 19, 2008 06:33 PM Coz BCCI doen't wsnt to loose yhe money game, you know if they play they will perform well and there will be no fixing, to control the players BCCI apoints coach and coach will tell players in which match they have won or which they have lost.    Forward   |   Report abuse