The past few series have seen a renaissance in indian cricket-we have won series in west indies, england and were close to winning a series in south africa-and are about to wrap up a series against pakistan-and i strongly fancy indias chances against australia.
                     the bcci is not renowned for wisdom-all these results have come after greg chappell has quit the scene.
           let us analyse the role of a coach-can any coach teach sachin,rahul, sourav or laxman about batting or motivation-as regards bowling-you have anil kumble and harbhajan with about 700 test wickets between them-and prasad is doing a good job.
          as regards fielding-robin singh was one of the best fielders in the business.
             there is an old saying-if it is not broke do not fix it-indian cricket is enjoying an indian summer-the seniors
among the batsmen are batting like people possessed-the bowlers are performing their job-the fielders have been improving.
                what are the positives that the bcci expects from kirsten-i do not believe he has an understanding of indian cricket or cricketers-or of the domestic system-to deliver.
if a coach is required for the indian team -and he would be required when the seniors in the team retire-it would 
have to be someone like ravi shastri-with the stature and understanding of the system to make a difference-let me be frank any white will be a miserable failure. and an indian coach has to be selected with due care and should be reimbursed adequately.
              why is it that we still suffer from a colonial hangover-has south africa won anything of substance for us to go to gary kirsten-australia has won most of its matches because of shane warne and mgrath and  not because of any coach.
            indian cricket is doing fairly well-what should worry the bcci is not the absence of a coach-but the increasing injuries to our potential match winning bowlers-we have still not understood that physiotherapists are
glorified masseurs and what the indian cricket team requires is a qualified sports medicine trained doctor-who
can diagnose injuries early enough and suggest treatment-because the cause of all these problems are the spray and hide policy of these physiotherapists.
             i have strayed from the point that i wished to make-that the indian team does not require half baked wisdom from whites who do not understand the indian psyche-and that if properly paid we have enough indian greats who can do the job
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