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Venkatesh Prasad!!!!!!!
by FUEL NOVA on Apr 07, 2007 07:10 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Why Venkatesh Prasad as bowling coach? I fail to understand this. What was he so famous during his carrear? How many MOM's he has won during his entire carrer? How many matches he made us win?. Why Srinaath was not considered? It gives me a feeling that Indian cricket after going through all the bad patch, still pracatices nepotism. Clearly Venkatesh is Rahul's choice.

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by sriram iyer on Apr 07, 2007 07:14 PM   Permalink
One who can does. One who cannot teaches. Thats the reason why I think Prasad is the coach. and the second reason might be he might have accepted to come for free without charge.

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by Major Ram Prasad Sharma on Apr 07, 2007 07:19 PM   Permalink
All bowlers will now be coached to



a. bowl at less than 120 kph

b. not bowl any bouncers at batsmen

c. go back meekly to bowling run up if batsman abuses you

d. get into unnecessary verbal duel with batsmen when you are getting hit for fours and get fines imposed on you

e. not bowl opposition out when they are tottering wiuth 7 wickets down. basically not have any killer instinct at all

f. just keep playing safe for a place in the next match instead of going all out as a bowler

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by Professor Sanjay Soni on Apr 07, 2007 07:31 PM   Permalink
U r right Major.The selection of these two guys Venkatesh Prasad & Robin Singh has less to do with their cricketing talent and more with the fact that they have tried their level best to keep BCCI & its officials happy over the last few years.Perhaps,Wasim Akram/Allan Donald/Michael Holding/Glen McGraw(post- retirement)might have been better choices but Prasad has his own merits.He is a mediocre in every sense and is largely perceived by Dravid & everyone else as a harmless,meek creature.His cricketing intelligence is also suspect which is another plus in Indian cricket.I guess intelligence-wise Prasad & Pawar are birds of the same feather,so they were always likely to flock together.Anyway,one should be happy for him for now he will be able to supplement his retirement-income and that too..without doing much/anything.



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by Ajay on Apr 07, 2007 07:40 PM   Permalink
U r right major.The selection of these two guys Venkatesh Prasad & Robin Singh has less to do with their cricketing talent and more with the fact that they have tried their level best to keep BCCI & its officials happy over the last few years.Perhaps,Wasim Akram/Allan Donald/Michael Holding/Glen McGraw(post- retirement)might have been better choices but Prasad has his own merits.He is a mediocre in every sense and is largely perceived by Dravid & everyone else as a harmless,meek creature.His cricketing intelligence is also suspect which is another plus in Indian cricket.I guess intelligence-wise Prasad & Pawar are birds of the same feather,so they were always likely to flock together.Anyway,one should be happy for him for now he will be able to supplement his retirement-income and that too..without doing much/anything.I guess India should go for an equally worthy batting coach..Anshuman Gaekwaad or Ashok Mankad or V.B.Chandrashekhar..what say????





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by Ramesh kumar on Apr 07, 2007 07:27 PM   Permalink
Prasad has passed level three coaching do u know that?.when u say something learn everything about him.otherwise stay away from commenting.

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by Major Ram Prasad Sharma on Apr 07, 2007 07:28 PM   Permalink
i know that. thats why he is producing "great" players foir karnataka, ain't it? bloody illiterate bangalore lunatic.

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