NEW DELHI: Amidst stories that former Australian cricketers Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer turned down affords to teach the Indian senior males’s crew, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah categorically denied the board approached any former Australian cricketer with a training provide.
Jay Shah stated in a press release on Friday, “After we speak about worldwide cricket, no position is extra prestigious than that of the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Crew. Crew India instructions the biggest fan base globally, having fun with help that’s actually unrivalled. Our wealthy historical past, ardour for the sport make this probably the most profitable jobs on the planet. The position calls for a excessive stage of professionalism as one will get to nurture a few of the greatest cricketers on the planet and an meeting line of gifted cricketers to comply with. Catering to the aspirations of a billion followers is a large honour and the BCCI will choose the proper candidate, able to propelling Indian cricket ahead.”
“Neither I nor the BCCI have approached any former Australian cricketer with a training provide. The stories circulating in sure media sections are fully incorrect. Discovering the proper coach for our nationwide crew is a meticulous and thorough course of. We’re centered on figuring out people who possess a deep understanding of the Indian cricket construction and have risen by the ranks. It is essential that our coach has an in-depth data of our home cricket framework to actually elevate Crew India to the following stage,” Shah added.
Australian nice Ricky Ponting had disclosed on Thursday that he was contacted about taking up as head coach of India, a task that can quickly turn into out there, however he turned down the provide because it did not match into his “life-style” on the time.
“…there have been a couple of little one-on-one conversations through the IPL, simply to get a stage of curiosity from me as as to if I might do it,” Ponting informed the ICC.
“I might like to be a senior coach of a nationwide crew, however with the opposite issues that I’ve in my life and eager to have a little bit of time at dwelling…everybody is aware of when you take a job working with the Indian crew, you’ll be able to’t be concerned in an IPL crew, so it could take that out of it as nicely.
“Additionally, a nationwide head coach is a 10 or 11-month of the yr job, and as a lot as I might love to do it, it simply would not match into my life-style proper now and the issues that I actually get pleasure from doing,” he added.
One other report on Thursday stated that Lucknow Tremendous Giants head coach Justin Langer was within the India head coach job however skipper KL Rahul‘s recommendation made him take a step again and rethink the large dedication he was going for.
Langer had beforehand stated that teaching the Indian crew could be a tremendous job however just lately put himself out of rivalry.
Langer in a latest interview stated that Rahul informed him managing Crew India is a really excessive strain job and is a thousand occasions tougher than managing an IPL franchise.
“It could be a tremendous job, [but] I’ve [put myself out of contention],” Langer stated on BBC’s Stumped podcast.
“I additionally know that it is an all-encompassing position, and having performed it for 4 years with the Australian crew, actually, it is exhausting. And that is the Australian job!”
“I used to be speaking to KL Rahul and he stated, ‘You recognize, when you assume there’s strain and politics in an IPL crew, multiply that by a thousand, [that’s] teaching India. That was an excellent bit of recommendation, I assume,” Langer stated.
The deadline for functions is Could 27 in keeping with the BCCI.
Jay Shah stated in a press release on Friday, “After we speak about worldwide cricket, no position is extra prestigious than that of the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Crew. Crew India instructions the biggest fan base globally, having fun with help that’s actually unrivalled. Our wealthy historical past, ardour for the sport make this probably the most profitable jobs on the planet. The position calls for a excessive stage of professionalism as one will get to nurture a few of the greatest cricketers on the planet and an meeting line of gifted cricketers to comply with. Catering to the aspirations of a billion followers is a large honour and the BCCI will choose the proper candidate, able to propelling Indian cricket ahead.”
“Neither I nor the BCCI have approached any former Australian cricketer with a training provide. The stories circulating in sure media sections are fully incorrect. Discovering the proper coach for our nationwide crew is a meticulous and thorough course of. We’re centered on figuring out people who possess a deep understanding of the Indian cricket construction and have risen by the ranks. It is essential that our coach has an in-depth data of our home cricket framework to actually elevate Crew India to the following stage,” Shah added.
Australian nice Ricky Ponting had disclosed on Thursday that he was contacted about taking up as head coach of India, a task that can quickly turn into out there, however he turned down the provide because it did not match into his “life-style” on the time.
“…there have been a couple of little one-on-one conversations through the IPL, simply to get a stage of curiosity from me as as to if I might do it,” Ponting informed the ICC.
“I might like to be a senior coach of a nationwide crew, however with the opposite issues that I’ve in my life and eager to have a little bit of time at dwelling…everybody is aware of when you take a job working with the Indian crew, you’ll be able to’t be concerned in an IPL crew, so it could take that out of it as nicely.
“Additionally, a nationwide head coach is a 10 or 11-month of the yr job, and as a lot as I might love to do it, it simply would not match into my life-style proper now and the issues that I actually get pleasure from doing,” he added.
One other report on Thursday stated that Lucknow Tremendous Giants head coach Justin Langer was within the India head coach job however skipper KL Rahul‘s recommendation made him take a step again and rethink the large dedication he was going for.
Langer had beforehand stated that teaching the Indian crew could be a tremendous job however just lately put himself out of rivalry.
Langer in a latest interview stated that Rahul informed him managing Crew India is a really excessive strain job and is a thousand occasions tougher than managing an IPL franchise.
“It could be a tremendous job, [but] I’ve [put myself out of contention],” Langer stated on BBC’s Stumped podcast.
“I additionally know that it is an all-encompassing position, and having performed it for 4 years with the Australian crew, actually, it is exhausting. And that is the Australian job!”
“I used to be speaking to KL Rahul and he stated, ‘You recognize, when you assume there’s strain and politics in an IPL crew, multiply that by a thousand, [that’s] teaching India. That was an excellent bit of recommendation, I assume,” Langer stated.
The deadline for functions is Could 27 in keeping with the BCCI.
