Indian Team Missing Bowling Coach: MS Dhoni
MUMBAI: India would benefit from having a specialist bowling coach, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Friday.
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The Indian cricket board sacked Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh as bowling and fielding coaches in October after the country’s early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in England and the Champions Trophy in South Africa.
India climbed to the top of the test rankings for the first time in December but the team has struggled to establish supremacy in one-day international cricket.
“To some extent it does hurt not having a bowling coach. If you have a specialist coach he is always interacting with the bowlers and trying to get the best out of them,” Dhoni told a news conference on the eve of the team’s departure to Bangladesh.
“He (coach Gary Kirsten) has to look after everything: he has to sit and talk to the batsmen, bowlers, fielders, build strategies and look after team building.”
The Indian board has recruited former Australian fielding coach Mike Young as fielding consultant but has not decided whether to recruit a specialist bowling coach.
India will start the new year with a triangular one-day series involving Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from Jan. 4 followed by two test matches against Bangladesh.
Batsman Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of the tri-series to save himself for the two tests.
Indian Team Missing Bowling Coach: MS Dhoni was first posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:02 pm.
Waqar Younis named bowling, fielding coach
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former captain Waqar Younis as a bowling and fielding coach for their tour of Australia.
Waqar Younis will replace Aaqib Javed as bowling coach. Waqar has been appointed as bowling coach for the second time. He remained bowling coach when Inzamam-ul-Haq was the captain.
Pakistan play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international on the tour of Australia, starting December 26 in Melbourne. During an illustrious career, Waqar took 373 wickets in 87 Tests and 416 in 262 one-day internationals. He also led Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup before retiring the next year.
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Waqar Younis named bowling, fielding coach was first posted on December 10, 2009 at 11:52 am.
