http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742’s flexible approach and Team India’s demise - Opinion
Luck is the most unbridled force in this universe. It is free to smile or thunder on any one at any time. Is it not the truth that Team India, which made history by winning the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup at their home ground and thrived against the West Indians
later on, have been stung by luck and now they are begging for mercy from the outrageous critics who find pleasure in spitting venom on them and especially on their new coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-c54739 Fletcher?
Fletcher signed a contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527, the then Indian coach.
The new coach came with new rules, new approach, new strategy and was much rejoiced to get the post in India. In the early days of his new job, he used to say, “It is a very exciting job, coaching the world champion team. It's a high-profile job.”
Fletcher did not try to impose his vision on the Men in Blue who had turned to be ‘Holy Cows’ after winning the 50-over showpiece tournament of cricket. He showed blind trust on the skills of the skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, and his company.
Team India’s tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 was the first venture of the coach but he did not have to take stress as the Indians managed to earn success with the form and passion they had gained from World Cup glory.
Without spending enough days in rest rooms, the cricket hungry Indian team arrived at England to face a mammoth challenge which was packed with risks.
It was, indeed, the first mega adventure of Fletcher whose team was going to play a high-voltage Test series against the team he had coached for some years.
The Indian fans started idealising that Fletcher would use his experience of the English conditions and players to prepare the Blue Shirts for the tough marathon of 4 npower Test games.
Fletcher again misjudged Dhoni and company and dreamt for a fabulous victory; however, he was absolutely unaware of the fact that his dream would turn into nightmare over night.
As a result of the coach’s flexible approach and the players’ overconfidence, the Indian nation has experienced the biggest shock of their recent cricket history as their team lost the Test series easily to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The damage was not confined to a mere
defeat, they also lost the hard-earned No 1 position in International Test rankings.
This sudden, unanticipated and unprecedented failure has jolted Fletcher who has never even thought of such a big misadventure in his cricketing career.
The coach, who capacitated England to beat West Indies after a gap of 31 years, led them to win a Test series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 for the first time since 1965, has nothing to justify
Team India’s defeat but to blame the ‘tough playing conditions of the host country’.
Interestingly, the real job of Fletcher has started now as he has realised the exact demand of his duty in India. The first step he is going to take towards India’s resurgence is to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ward-c96201 off the senior players and bring in the young blood.
In his recent media statement, he has said, “I am especially looking at the young guys and trying to assess if they have character to handle Test cricket.”
Another thing that the coach will do is not to take the Men in Blue easy in future. He will have to engage the rule of iron-fist if he wants to build up a new regime of the Indian cricket.
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