BCCI CAC Re-Appoints Ravi Shastri as Indian cricket team head coach

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12 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Enthuko na Inside feel Mike Hesson is very unlucky going by this video talk... He ran it very close but already things which made ravi as frontrunner made him to escape from defeat...

 

baa akkada andariki ravi gaanni change cheyyali ane vuntadi but prize money already Kohli gadu fix chesesadu so yevadu nduku le ani light theeskuntaru. Just mana jeetham manaki vachinda poyinama annattu vundali migathadanta manollu chuskuntaru 

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WATCH - Trent Boult leaves everyone in splits after the ball gets stuck in his helmet grill

 

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11 minutes ago, gilly said:

WATCH - Trent Boult leaves everyone in splits after the ball gets stuck in his helmet grill

 

to make it more comic.. he should have run all the way to the boundary.. lol

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Why the CAC chose to stick with Ravi Shastri

After interviewing five candidates on Friday and rating them on five different parameters - coaching philosophy, experience, achievements, communication, and knowledge of modern coaching tools - the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) chose to continue with Ravi Shastri as India head coach. Mike Hesson and Tom Moody finished second and third based on these ratings, CAC head Kapil Dev said.

Here is a break-down of the process that led to Shastri's reinstatement.

Who devised the rating system?

The BCCI originally devised the rating methodology while picking the head coach of the India women's team late last year. The five parameters were arrived at after seeking suggestions from the current CAC, which slightly tweaked the original set of suggestions. WV Raman was appointed as the Indian women coach using the same parameters that were later applied for the men's coach selection process.

In what order did the candidates appear?

The interview process began in the morning with Robin Singh, the former India allrounder, followed by former Mumbai captain Lalchand Rajput, who briefly served as India's assistant coach a decade ago. Former Australia allrounder Moody was the third on the list and attended the interview via video-conference. Former New Zealand coach Hesson attended his interview in person, in the afternoon, while Shastri was the last to speak to the CAC, via video conference from the Caribbean, where he is on tour with the India team.

Anshuman Gaekwad, Kapil Dev and Shantha Rangaswamy after a CAC meeting Annesha Ghosh/ESPNcricinfo

Where exactly did Shastri pip the others?

International experience, track record, and his plan for the way forward were the key areas that Shastri topped the scores in. ESPNcricinfo understands that Shastri began the interview speaking for around 20 minutes, explaining what the India team was like back when he took charge in 2017, when he replaced Anil Kumble, and went on to list India's achievements under his watch, before going to what plans he had for the team going forward. Shastri, according to a CAC member, was precise, specific and clear.

Shastri's new stint will involve two T20 World Cups, to be played in successive years - next year in Australia and then in India in 2021. In his first stint (as team director), India reached the semi-finals in 2016. Shastri has no T20 franchise coaching experience, unlike Hesson, Moody and Robin, who all have been involved in coaching roles in domestic T20 tournaments for several years.

However, with the inaugural World Test Championship having just commenced, and the ODI League to begin in May 2020, the CAC was keen on a coach who could handle the team across all three formats. Shastri is understood to have outscored his competitors in this regard.

The CAC was impressed by the presentations of Hesson, Moody and even Robin, but felt none of the three had coached an international team recently, and were more involved in T20 leagues across the world.

R Ashwin and Mike Hesson fine tune the team's plans BCCI

So was Shastri's appointment straightforward?

The CAC member disagreed. The person said tough questions were asked of Shastri, including why India could not win a few tough series or any world tournaments under his watch. Shastri is understood to have provided the break-up of the results, and in which areas the team came second, and what solutions he had in mind.

One of the members is believed to have asked what sort of a say Shastri had had in the India dressing room, given the widespread perception that Virat Kohli, the captain, leads the ship. Incidentally, Shastri himself had said the captain leads the ship when he took over as head coach in 2017. Shastri told the CAC that he would invite its members to the dressing room to observe the atmosphere. He stressed that wherever required he, as head coach, speaks out and discusses issues with everyone, and not just the captain.

Will Shastri have a say in the appointment of his support staff?

As per the new BCCI constitution, the selection panel will shortlist the candidates. It is understood that the head coach could be consulted before finalising the three assistant coaches - batting, bowling and fielding.

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On 8/13/2019 at 1:58 AM, Kool_SRG said:

The six candidates are former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, ex-Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, former West Indies all-rounder and Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons, ex-India team manager Lalchand Rajput, former India fielding coach Robin Singh and Shastri.

 

Six candidates, including incumbent Ravi Shastri, were on Monday short-listed for the high-profile post of the Indian cricket team’s head coach. The six candidates are former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, ex-Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, former West Indies all-rounder and Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons, ex-India team manager Lalchand Rajput, former India fielding coach Robin Singh and Shastri.

The candidates will give a presentation to the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by the legendary Kapil Dev, and a final decision will be arrived at by end of this week or early next week.

Besides the country’s first World Cup-wining skipper Dev, the newly-appointed CAC comprises Anshuman Gaekwad and former women’s team captain Shantha Rangaswamy.

 

“These six will give presentation for head coach before CAC. It has been learnt that these six have been short-listed for interview with the CAC,” a senior BCCI official, privy to the development, told PTI.

Before leaving for the tour of West Indies, captain Virat Kohli had said that he is in favour of Shastri continuing as the head coach of the Indian team despite the criticism he faced following the semi-final ouster from the World Cup.

The current support staff comprising Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun, batting coach Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar were given a 45-day extension following the World Cup, covering the ongoing West Indies tour from August 3 to September 3.

While the names of Hesson and Moody have been doing the rounds for a while, Simmons, who has had successful stints with Ireland and Afghanistan cricket teams, is also in the fray now.

Simmons also served West Indies for a brief while, helping them to victory in the 2016 World T20 tournament in India before taking over as head coach of the Afghanistan national team in 2017.

 

Among the Indians, Robin served as the fielding coach of the Indian team when it won the inaugural World T20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy in 2007.

Rajput, who was the head coach of the team when it won the World T20, also had stints with Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Hesson recently parted ways with IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab. Hesson coached the Black Caps for six years, highlighted by their memorable run to the 2015 Cricket World Cup final in Melbourne, a semifinal finish at the 2016 World Twenty20 in India and a home Test series win over England in April 2018 which lifted them to third on the world rankings.

India may have failed to win the T20 World Cup in 2016 and the ODI World Cup in 2015 and 2019, but the Shastri-Kohli duo helped the country climb to the top of the Test rankings with a historic series triumph in Australia.

Shastri was the team director till June 2016 until India lost in the World T20 semi-finals before being reappointed as head coach in 2017 after Anil Kumble’s departure.

Just like all job appointments in india.

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7 minutes ago, speedracer said:

Just like all job appointments in india.

lol exactly.. first sack Kohli as captain.. Test championship and T20 WC kooda paaye..

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Team India Support Staff Selection Begins, Announcement On Thursday: Report

 

According to a report, the selection process for Team India support staff started on Monday but will be completed only on Thursday with the announcement of all the names.

 

With the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) deciding on Ravi Shastri's reappointment as the India head coach on Friday, it is now the turn of the five wise men of Indian cricket -- the selectors led by MSK. Prasad -- to appoint the support staff who will join Shastri to form the coaching staff of the Indian cricket team. While the process started on Monday, it will be completed only on Thursday with the announcement of all the names. Speaking to IANS, a BCCI functionary said that the board would wait for the completion of the whole process before making an announcement on the respective positions, which are up for grabs.

 

"The process starts today and will continue till Thursday. The announcement of the candidates will be made on Thursday after the whole process is completed. No point going one name at a time," the functionary explained.

Interestingly, the CAC wanted to be a part of the process of the support staff selection as well, but that would have meant that the Committee of Administrators (CoA) would have had to go against the BCCI constitution and let them supervise the process.

The newly registered constitution of the BCCI says that the CAC will appoint the head coach while the national selectors will pick the support staff.

While bowling coach Bharat Arun is expected to be an automatic choice for the post as the Indian team has improved by leaps and bounds under him, head coach Shastri has also spoken highly of the fielding standards that the team has reached under R. Sridhar and that could mean that Jonty Rhodes would have to return empty handed after applying for the position.

"In the last four-five years, the biggest improvement has been in fielding. And the endeavour is to make this side the best fielding team in the world. It's a clear diktat to whosoever wants to play in this team to have spectacular standard of fielding, especially in white-ball cricket," Shastri said after his reappointment.

The post of the batting coach is expected to be the most debated one as current coach Sanjay Bangar's position is under the scanner after his failure to find a suitable batsman for the vital No.4 spot in the limited-overs batting line-up.

With former selector Vikram Rathour and former India batsman Praveen Amre applying, it will be interesting to see how this one pans out.

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"How would you handle Kohli-Rohit rift?" asked CAC to a shortlisted candidate for head coach

 

Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee of BCCI was asked to select the Team India coach from the six shortlisted candidates. They re-appointed Ravi Shastri for the role, and now he will continue till T20 World Cup 2021.

The candidates had to go through the selection process, which involved an interview. As per the Mid-Day, a shortlisted candidate for the interview revealed one of the questions asked by CAC panel was about the rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

“I told the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) that there is no such fight and Virat has gone on record to deny this, so I don’t know how to answer this question, but I would have stepped in immediately and doused it,” said the candidate.

“I wouldn’t have allowed it to escalate. I would also involve the BCCI and keep them in the loop because I want a happy and healthy dressing room. If at all there was a rift, why couldn’t the present coach solve it,” he further added.

The Indian skipper Virat Kohli had denied any such rumors about the rift between him and vice-captain Rohit. “We are feeding off lies. We are overlooking facts. We are turning a blind eye to all the good things that has happened. We are creating fantasies and scenarios in our head and want to accept that this is the truth,” Kohli had said.