- The BCCI review meeting turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax. Greg Chappell was supposed to have spilled the beans on the internal politics, attitude problems and discontent within the team. Instead his presentation concentrated on what needs to be done to strengthen and improve Indian cricket. He has now been offered a consultant’s role at NCA. In an interview, he has asked the board not to run its cricket like Zimbabwe. The stress of all this was too much for Chappell, who later had to be taken to a hospital.
- Kris Srikkanth in a column had written that he was in favour of an Indian coach and that proved to be the case, when Shastri was offered the role of Cricket Manager, while Dravid was asked to continue as captain. Is Cricket Manager just an euphemism for Coach? Whatever it is, Shastri believes that he has the experience to contribute. It is very likely that we may end up having a batting, bowling and fielding coach. Venkatesh Prasad has been touted as the bowling coach, while Robin Singh (the current India A coach) may be appointed as the fielding coach.
- The former captains present in the review meeting have proposed a few changes. There is likely to be more when the meeting comes to a conclusion today.
- In other news, Essel Group’s proposal for an Indian Cricket League is likely to be rejected by BCCI, according to Times Of India.
-Mahesh-
