The Indian cricket team will greatly benefit from the vast experience of head coach Anil Kumble said Sachin Tendulkar.
Cricket legend Tendulkar was part of the panel that recommended Anil Kumble for the head coach’s job and he believes that the team will greatly benefit under the leadership of the former leg-spinner.
He (Anil Kumble) played for almost 20 years, so there is plenty to share. I’ll just tell the players to grasp as much information from Anil as possible.Sachin Tendulkar
He was full of praise for Kumble:
A fabulous player, and a hard competitor. He will not make any compromises on the field. He will be out there to win each and every moment.
Kumble, who came out to bowl with a bandaged jaw in a 2002 Antigua test, can also teach the players how to handle adversity, said Tendulkar.
Emphasising the importance of learning how to approach tough moments in matches, Sachin Tendulkar said:
In sport, over a period of time what you learn is that you don’t succeed everyday, sometimes you have to face failures. It is all about being a tough character and being able to stand on your feet again and to compete the next day. Every day is a fresh day, new beginning. That is something I feel Anil will teach them.
More Help from Pitches for Bowlers
Commenting on the rising imbalance between bat and ball, the batting legend said that cricket pitches needed to be made more bowler-friendly.
A report commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the game’s laws, in 2014 found the thickness of bats had marginally increased in the last century and that edges had broadened by 300 percent, allowing even poorly-timed shots to find the boundary.
Echoing the sentiments of Australian opener David Warner who said last week that flat pitches rather than bats with thicker edges are the reason batsmen have the upper hand in test cricket, Tendulkar said:
The wickets need to change; they need to be more helpful for bowlers. 300 is no longer competitive in ODIs. So there should be at least one format where bowlers have a better chance of executing their skills and making it more interesting for spectators.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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