Kepler Wessels suggests Duncan Fletcher to adopt iron-fist approach for India – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 back on the winning track. He argues
that the World Champions landed on the English soil without preparation or dedication for the game.
Wessels has outpoured this opinion in the wake of India’s sudden fall from the International Cricket Council’s top rankings after their humiliating 0-4 defeat in the recently concluded npower Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The former player tells that Fletcher, who donned the boots of Kirsten after the Indians’ World Cup glory, did not make any change in the team’s playing strategy as he had full confidence on the senior players’ skills and experience. Moreover, he avoided
to dump the legacy of Kirsten whom the players did not want to go.
The result of this soft approach came in shape of the team’s demise which was Fletcher’s first big failure in his International coaching career.
Wessels is of the view that the Indian coach must employ hard strategies if he wants to fix the fault lines of the team.
Talking to the media today, the former captain said, “If he agreed to go with the Kirsten approach, he can't change now. The situation is crying out for more control and a firm hand, but if he does flex his muscles, the players won't like it and it is unclear
whether the board will sanction a different approach.”
Wessels has also praised the English coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, and the players who have struggled hard to achieve the greatest success of their history. He opines that Fletcher needs to deal the Men in Blue on the line of Flower.
He told, “Flower takes a hard line, he's meticulous on fitness, and there are no short cuts and he sets very high standards. The players and management can either buy into it or not be part of the team.”
Wessels played 40 Tests and 109 ODIs for the Proteas during his international career that ranges from 1982 to 1994.
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