I predict the pace of change will be painfully slow...
Ravi Shastri new India coach
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I know Ravi.
He played as a pro for our town in the UK.
Very short tempered and highly self opinionated guy, I don't know if he'll survive that long in the job.
He played as a pro for our town in the UK.
Very short tempered and highly self opinionated guy, I don't know if he'll survive that long in the job.
Didn't he once murder a Dalit? That's quite short-tempered.
Or am I thinking of someone else?
Or am I thinking of someone else?
What's a Dalit?
Dalit = low caste person
Don't think it was him...was probably Sidhu i think. With road rage or something.
Anyway, he isn't actuallt the coach as such, he is the "cricket manager", whatever that may constitute.
Two temporary specialist coaches hired though. Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling Coach and Robin Singh - Fielding Coach.
I like Ravi Shastri though, think he can do a good job managing the other two coaches, although I think the BCCI should have hired more qualified personnel. Maybe pinching some coaches from Australian Centre of Excellence rather than rely on former players. I think this is just for the Bangladesh tour mind...
Don't think it was him...was probably Sidhu i think. With road rage or something.
Anyway, he isn't actuallt the coach as such, he is the "cricket manager", whatever that may constitute.
Two temporary specialist coaches hired though. Venkatesh Prasad - Bowling Coach and Robin Singh - Fielding Coach.
I like Ravi Shastri though, think he can do a good job managing the other two coaches, although I think the BCCI should have hired more qualified personnel. Maybe pinching some coaches from Australian Centre of Excellence rather than rely on former players. I think this is just for the Bangladesh tour mind...
Thanks PR.
It was Navjot Singh Sidhu.
It was Navjot Singh Sidhu.
He once passed the opportunity to win a test match for India by tieing it
The spastic
The spastic
BCCI Working Committee meeting
BCCI's statement in full
April 7, 2007
Full text of the press release issued by the BCCI following its Working Committee meeting
Mr. Niranjan Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, has announced decisions taken at the Working Committee meeting of the BCCI held on April 7, 2007.
1. With a view to strengthening domestic cricket, efforts will be made to ensure that all Test / ODI Cricketers play Irani, Duleep, Challenger and some Ranji Trophy Matches.
2. Every Association will be directed to prepare fast and lively wickets for domestic tournaments.
3. The BCCI will do away with home and away rotation and allot venues for Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Ranji Trophy semi-finals and finals and one-day all-India knockout.
4. It was decided that all affiliated units should start their own state academies by April 2009. These academies would be linked to the National Cricket Academy for the purpose of uniformity in coaching.
5. It was decided to scrap the present zonal representation in the senior and junior selection committees. BCCI will appoint selectors on a full time basis based upon the eligibility criteria which would include stature as a player, selection experience etc. They will be remunerated suitably and appointed for a two-year term. The BCCI will take steps to propose necessary amendments to the Constitution to give effect to the above decision.
6. Regular and frequent Under-19 and India A tours to Australia / England / New Zealand / South Africa / West Indies will be undertaken.
7. The Working Committee has directed the Selection Committee to send a young team to Bangladesh under an experienced captain. The selection committee, after discussions has appointed Rahul Dravid as captain for India's tour to Bangladesh, Ireland and England.
8. BCCI will appoint a permanent manager for the Indian team for a two-year term. The Board will also appoint a permanent Media Manager for a two- year term.
9. Notice will be issued to Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh under Rule 38 of the Memorandum and the Rules and Regulations of the Board asking for an explanation for their comments made to the media.
10. Working Committee approved the Performance-based Payment to the players and decided to do away with the present gradation for Retainership. Apart from the payment, the following points would form a part of the contract.
# A player will endorse not more than 3 sponsors / products
# No Sponsor can contract more than 2 players.
# The players will not be allowed to do any sponsor-related events 15 days before the tour and also during the tour.
# Before every tour, all the contracted players have to undergo a fitness test and only those who fulfill the benchmarks will be considered for selection.
# No player shall have exclusive contracts with electronic or print media. Only the captain can write a column or talk to the media but not exclusively.
# The players shall take prior approval of the Board before signing any endorsement contract and will submit a copy of the agreement to the Board. All the players shall submit a copy of the existing contracts with sponsors to the Board.
# All the players will have to play a stipulated number of domestic matches when not playing for India.
# In the event of injury to the player, the Board will compensate him the match fees that he would have earned for a maximum period of six months.
11. The Working Committee decided to form a Cricket Advisory committee consisting of the following ex - captains: Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi, Chandu Borde, Ravi Shastri, Krish Srikkanth and S Venkataraghavan under the Chairmanship of President [Sharad Pawar] and will include all the Office Bearers.
12. The working committee appointed Ravi Shastri as Cricket Manager for the India's tour to Bangladesh. It was further decided that Venkatesh Prasad will be the bowling coach and Robin Singh, the fielding coach for the tour.
BCCI's statement in full
April 7, 2007
Full text of the press release issued by the BCCI following its Working Committee meeting
Mr. Niranjan Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, has announced decisions taken at the Working Committee meeting of the BCCI held on April 7, 2007.
1. With a view to strengthening domestic cricket, efforts will be made to ensure that all Test / ODI Cricketers play Irani, Duleep, Challenger and some Ranji Trophy Matches.
2. Every Association will be directed to prepare fast and lively wickets for domestic tournaments.
3. The BCCI will do away with home and away rotation and allot venues for Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Ranji Trophy semi-finals and finals and one-day all-India knockout.
4. It was decided that all affiliated units should start their own state academies by April 2009. These academies would be linked to the National Cricket Academy for the purpose of uniformity in coaching.
5. It was decided to scrap the present zonal representation in the senior and junior selection committees. BCCI will appoint selectors on a full time basis based upon the eligibility criteria which would include stature as a player, selection experience etc. They will be remunerated suitably and appointed for a two-year term. The BCCI will take steps to propose necessary amendments to the Constitution to give effect to the above decision.
6. Regular and frequent Under-19 and India A tours to Australia / England / New Zealand / South Africa / West Indies will be undertaken.
7. The Working Committee has directed the Selection Committee to send a young team to Bangladesh under an experienced captain. The selection committee, after discussions has appointed Rahul Dravid as captain for India's tour to Bangladesh, Ireland and England.
8. BCCI will appoint a permanent manager for the Indian team for a two-year term. The Board will also appoint a permanent Media Manager for a two- year term.
9. Notice will be issued to Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh under Rule 38 of the Memorandum and the Rules and Regulations of the Board asking for an explanation for their comments made to the media.
10. Working Committee approved the Performance-based Payment to the players and decided to do away with the present gradation for Retainership. Apart from the payment, the following points would form a part of the contract.
# A player will endorse not more than 3 sponsors / products
# No Sponsor can contract more than 2 players.
# The players will not be allowed to do any sponsor-related events 15 days before the tour and also during the tour.
# Before every tour, all the contracted players have to undergo a fitness test and only those who fulfill the benchmarks will be considered for selection.
# No player shall have exclusive contracts with electronic or print media. Only the captain can write a column or talk to the media but not exclusively.
# The players shall take prior approval of the Board before signing any endorsement contract and will submit a copy of the agreement to the Board. All the players shall submit a copy of the existing contracts with sponsors to the Board.
# All the players will have to play a stipulated number of domestic matches when not playing for India.
# In the event of injury to the player, the Board will compensate him the match fees that he would have earned for a maximum period of six months.
11. The Working Committee decided to form a Cricket Advisory committee consisting of the following ex - captains: Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi, Chandu Borde, Ravi Shastri, Krish Srikkanth and S Venkataraghavan under the Chairmanship of President [Sharad Pawar] and will include all the Office Bearers.
12. The working committee appointed Ravi Shastri as Cricket Manager for the India's tour to Bangladesh. It was further decided that Venkatesh Prasad will be the bowling coach and Robin Singh, the fielding coach for the tour.
The subject of player earnings appeared to be the main focus of the meeting, and it was decided to replace the system of graded contracts with a standard fee for all, and additional bonuses for series wins. However, no figures were mentioned in this regard. This effectively means that seniors and juniors all earn the same, the difference being in what they earn from endorsements.
Don't agree with the fast and lively wickets point. Granted some wickets should be made with some assistance for the pace bowlers, but the lack of a quality spinner is also worrying. Some wickets should be kept spin friendly or, there should be another method put in place to encourage spin bowlers. Can't believe im writing soo much about cricket...bloody united.
Venkatesh Prasad? Robin Singh? What the feck?
Prasad 
Prasad
I know, hopefully these two will only be there for the Bangladesh tour. The BCCI has all the resources at its disposal needed to hire two world-class coaches for the roles.
We're fecked. Our fielding coach is Robin Singh, Raina could teach him how to field whereas Prasad as bowling coach is just embarassing. The dark ages are back.
Robin Singh as fielding coach makes a lot of sense. He wasa very good fielder during his time, one of the few who actually dared to dive about.
But Prasad
But Prasad
Comedy of errors.
Venkatesh fecking Prasad, I can scarcely remember seeing a worse bowler at any stage during the 1990s. Good luck with that cnuts.
Venkatesh Prasad?
We just need to bring in Jadeja as the fitness coach and we'll be ready to dominate cricket.
We just need to bring in Jadeja as the fitness coach and we'll be ready to dominate cricket.
Wasim Akram should be hired as bowling coach.
They'd murder him back home if he accepted to coach Indians.
What does Robin Singh know about anything? He was never an exceptional fielder. Nor does he strike me as the kind of person who would put the players under conditioning processes to make them more agile and what not. I've seen around the place where I live and he's never looked particularly athletic. WHY?
I won't even ask about Prasad. This is a belated April Fools gag by the BCCI surely.
What does Robin Singh know about anything? He was never an exceptional fielder. Nor does he strike me as the kind of person who would put the players under conditioning processes to make them more agile and what not. I've seen around the place where I live and he's never looked particularly athletic. WHY?
I won't even ask about Prasad. This is a belated April Fools gag by the BCCI surely.
I think it's a step forward nontheless. Some good points in there like the edorsements one, the under 19 tours and scrapping the zonal representation. It can only happen a little at a time.
They should make Harsha Bhogle the chairman of BCCI. He talks a shitload of sense.
The scrapping the zonal, etc thing was his idea. I read it in an article he wrote last week. Also about the endorsements, I believe.
The scrapping the zonal, etc thing was his idea. I read it in an article he wrote last week. Also about the endorsements, I believe.
The endorsements rule and fitness tests are good points. Hopefully it works.
Wait a couple of weeks. They'll come up with a new rule saying that Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and a few other players are exempt from these rules.
I really think they've taken a backword step with their appointments. Losing an opportune moment to really radicalise Indian cricket.
Future of cricket worldwide depends on the well being of Asian teams.
I don't see how they've gone backwards. They've made short term appointments. They've thought of steps to improve the game at the junior level. They've thought of academies, pitches, coaches, endorsements and fees. They've tried to bridge the gap between senior and junior players by removing the fee structure and they've made a really good move in asknig Sachin and Yuvraj to explain themselves for speaking out against the coach.
Things will happen slowly. They're giving Shastri a chance and if he doesn't look like the right man they'll look elsewhere.
That's fair enough, we'll see how it goes and how of many of the above they will implement.
Prasad.A highly intelligent choice.An excellent bowler with a wonderful non spasticated action and good pace.One of our chief wicket takers at one time and I don't doubt for a second that he has lots and lots of knowledge to pass on to your upcoming fast bowlers.And he has a Level 3 coaching badge to boot.
Absolutely brilliant.
Absolutely brilliant.
Cmon now, he was rubbish. Kumble's quicker ones were the same speed as Prasad.
Yes please. As it is he does sportscenter every single day.
amolbhatia100 said:
By Jeeves he's right! Donaldo, your completely non-saracastic viewpoint re: Prasad is misguided at best.
By the way, titface, I notice that I have a good 1500 posts more than you...hah!I remember that jibe about 5000 posts.
I don't remember that crack. It doesn't surprise me that you hang off my every word though.
What are you on about Baldy?
What are you on about Baldy?
Something....
Anyhoo....good stuff by the bongs yesterday eh...you must be over the moon.I suppose that just ensures that SA won't get anywhere near the semis now?
I have fecking exams in a two days...no Caf...and thats not for you, just a random thought...
Anyhoo....good stuff by the bongs yesterday eh...you must be over the moon.I suppose that just ensures that SA won't get anywhere near the semis now?
I have fecking exams in a two days...no Caf...and thats not for you, just a random thought...
And I'm not fecking bald.
The Saffers will make the semis.
England could possibly sneak through...
I went to a 2-day long Indian wedding this weekend
Best. Wedding. Ever.
By absolute miles.
The food...the fecking food
Best. Wedding. Ever.
By absolute miles.
The food...the fecking food
Indian weddings are a tedious and polluted affair. Free food is the only reason why everyone turns up
Shastri
Shastri