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Dubai: Indian cricket team's fielding coach Robin Singh and bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad are likely to lose their jobs.
India's new coach Gary Kirsten, who has arrived in Bangalore to select the Indian team for the South African series, is understood to have expressed his desire to have his own men as his support staff.
The team for the Test series against South Africa will be announced today in Bangalore and Kirsten has held talks with the Indian cricket board officials and selectors. According to information, Kirsten was not pleased with the team's fielding in Australia - despite the one-day team being made up of youngsters.
Sensing the changing trend in the Indian team following the appointment of Kirsten, team physio John Gloster and trainer Gregory King have already resigned.
Kirsten had even asked for a fitness test on Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, RP Singh and VRV Singh before their names could be considered for selection.
Incidentally, the fitness Tests were not conducted by Gloster or King but by Paul Chapman, the physical conditioning coach and Paul Close, the physiotherapist of the National Cricket Academy.
The chances of assistant coach Lalchand Rajput keeping his job is also anybody's guess.
Successful trio
While Singh's chances of keeping the job is very slim, Prasad may still get the nod for the time being. He had guided the young Indian bowling attack very well in Australia and also has the support from Kumble. Rajput, Singh and Prasad had guided India to glorious victories in the Twenty20 World Cup and also against Pakistan and Australia.
Rumours had been spreading in the Indian camp that Kirsten is likely to insist on his own men in place of Singh and Prasad.
Getting a wind of it, Singh joined IPL's Hyderabad team while Prasad has signed up with the Bangalore.
It is understood that both Singh and Prasad were being paid a monthly salary of Rs2 lakh (Dh20,000 approx.).
Do you think the duo is receiving a raw deal from the Indian board? How much did they actually contribute to India's recent success?
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I do not think so. In fact each one enrolled in such posts should expect their tenures would one day end. If it is the right time or not they will only be judged by the difference in performances. I do not see any special skills shared that is unknown to the players but they were more like supervisors managing the players' regimes. So I do not see any raw deal here because they have their alternate jobs too. The success of the team is a combination of camaraderie, working on equal terms and working as a team with an objective rather than perform under a leader with a target to achieve. And above all the energy levels of the youth that is forcing the competition among the complacent seniors.
Ashok
Dubai,UAE
Posted: March 17, 2008, 11:05
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