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Coach, not captain, must be the team boss


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ritam nandy
Only request to keep Pandya informed too
by ritam nandy on Jul 03, 2017 02:02 PM

... whenever you have decided to lose. He alone keeps trying unnecessarily.

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Vattem Krishnan
As devoted as Kumble
by Vattem Krishnan on Jul 03, 2017 01:42 PM

Now it is a hstory.Kohlis attitude as captain lead to loss in Champion trophy.Winner Pakistan a su standard team with all young players.our batsmen and bowlers supported Pakistan to win finals.Now the issue is of past

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Anurag Rathore
Captain must be boss...
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 03, 2017 01:33 PM  | Hide replies

In indian cricket, captain is the only target for media and people whether team wins or lose. So he must be the boss.

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Sudhir Bisht
Re: Captain must be boss...
by Sudhir Bisht on Jul 03, 2017 02:13 PM
Dear Anurag,
Think again. Let me take you back to the time when Hansie Cronje was the captain of the South African cricket team and he took instructions from his coach (Bob Woolmer) who was sitting outside the ground, using a radio device!!


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Anurag Rathore
Re: Re: Captain must be boss...
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 03, 2017 03:42 PM
Sudhir, indian team is full of superstars. There is too much difference between SA and Indian culture. Nobody questioned devilliars after CT lose while in India people can go at any level. Give captain full freedom and then ask him for poor performance.

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sanjay kumar agrawal
Re: Re: Re: Captain must be boss...
by sanjay kumar agrawal on Jul 03, 2017 03:49 PM
Precisely that is problem. If a captain in poor form it affects his captaincy.Thats why ,Sudhir rightly saaaaid, coach should be boss

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Nilayan Mukherjee
Re: Re: Re: Captain must be boss...
by Nilayan Mukherjee on Jul 04, 2017 05:59 AM
anurag so you mean kohli did not have full freedom?wake up from sleep

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Anurag Rathore
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by Anurag Rathore on Jul 04, 2017 01:45 PM
Kohli has full freedom but wrong person is leading this side. Rohit should lead team India in shorter format.

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Nilayan Mukherjee
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Captain must be boss...
by Nilayan Mukherjee on Jul 04, 2017 05:24 PM
first let rohit be consistent and save his place,then he can be a captain

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Rahul Khaitan
Missing the point..
by Rahul Khaitan on Jul 03, 2017 01:30 PM  | Hide replies

I think a lot of analysts miss the point that Cricket is a GAME, not a SPORT.

Sport requires teams to play with a standard set of variables.

Also a Sport has the player skill and its continuous improvement as the fulcrum for outcomes. And therefore a "Coach" to be in primary charge.

Cricket is a Game. a Game has much more variables in the time of play than just skill and strategy. It needs a "head" at the helm of the play, which in Cricket's case is a "Captain".

Why write such lengthy articles without understanding this basic difference first.


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Nilayan Mukherjee
Re: Missing the point..
by Nilayan Mukherjee on Jul 04, 2017 06:00 AM
you write an article mr.benjamin franklin, your basics seem to be very strong like politics in bcci

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Varadachari Narayanan
THIS IS RUBBISH
by Varadachari Narayanan on Jul 03, 2017 01:12 PM

When a team losses it is always the Captain who is blamed. When the team wins, it is always Team work. The Coach never comes into the picture as he does only back seat driving ( in some cases no driving at all ). Therefore it is the Captain who should be deemed the leader. Boss is not the word - after all it is cricket and not mafia ( though controlled some times by betting mafia - not so much in India perhaps )

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mayank sinha
Zero understanding of cricket
by mayank sinha on Jul 03, 2017 12:50 PM  | Hide replies

It is clear that the writer has a very limited understanding of cricket. A coach in cricket is a passive, support role as compared to football as it far less action oriented and the time on hand in cricket allows for a captain to think and strategise more. Imagine if coaches told Ponting, Imran Khan or Clarke how to run games and they would not have lasted for more than a day. Ironically, when Greg Chappell had a similar run in with Ganguly , people went overboard in defending Dada and now the other way round. This is hypocritical as Chappell was Aussie and Kumble an Indian. Captains run cricket and that is how it should be. Whether Kohli was right or wrong is a different matter altogether, but till he is the captain his demand and need will always be priority one.

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Amod Karnik
Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by Amod Karnik on Jul 03, 2017 01:14 PM
Very well said....it is clear the writer has a personal grudge against Kohli.....

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Rahul Khaitan
Re: Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by Rahul Khaitan on Jul 03, 2017 01:31 PM
Absolutely... Writers and commentators just write or say stuff without depth.

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Sudhir Bisht
Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by Sudhir Bisht on Jul 03, 2017 02:18 PM
Thank you Mayank for writing in. My gratitude. However, with your permission, I would like to clarify as under:
1- I am a great admirer if Kohli, the player and the captain.
2- I haven't criticized Virat even in passing, in my piece above.
3- My submission is that cricket has become highly technical and one man alone can't manage the show. The duties of coach and captain need to be defined, even if the status quo has to be maintained.

Thanks again for writing in. I will use your inputs in furure articles.
Cheers

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mayank sinha
Re: Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by mayank sinha on Jul 04, 2017 03:04 PM
Hi Sudhir,

My point is not whether you have criticised Kohli or not, you can and so can everyone but he is the captain in all three formats and in cricket, captain runs the show and everyone else including the coach is secondary. Your argument has merit in that it might change in the future.
Also, my larger point is whether good/bad; right/wrong, Kohli is the captain and if he says he cannot get along with a person, the Board has to listen to him.
Kumble is a legend and a revered cricketer, hence kept on a pedestal making everyone take sides and blame Kohli as he is perceived to be arrogant as against a genteel perception for Kumble. As I iterated in my previous statement, Greg Chappell lost the battle of perception and if Kumble was not an Indian cricket hero, there would have been no hullabaloo at all, hence the double standards , if i may say so.
The truth I believe is somewhere in the middle. To cut a long story, Kohli gets the coach he and his team want.

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Nilayan Mukherjee
Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by Nilayan Mukherjee on Jul 04, 2017 06:04 AM
mayank your iq level seems to be negative.so you mean kohli is not indian?both in gregs case and this people are criticising the person who made mistakes.

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mayank sinha
Re: Re: Zero understanding of cricket
by mayank sinha on Jul 04, 2017 03:05 PM
How can my IQ be negative. All i am saying is, Kohli is captain and he should get the coach he is most comfortable with. This is a game of perception - brash, young Kohli vs gentenmanly legend - nothing more.

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mayank sinha
Zero understanding of cricket
by mayank sinha on Jul 03, 2017 12:50 PM

It is clear that the writer has a very limited understanding of cricket. A coach in cricket is a passive, support role as compared to football as it far less action oriented and the time on hand in cricket allows for a captain to think and strategise more. Imagine if coaches told Ponting, Imran Khan or Clarke how to run games and they would not have lasted for more than a day. Ironically, when Greg Chappell had a similar run in with Ganguly , people went overboard in defending Dada and now the other way round. This is hypocritical as Chappell was Aussie and Kumble an Indian. Captains run cricket and that is how it should be. Whether Kohli was right or wrong is a different matter altogether, but till he is the captain his demand and need will always be priority one.

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