Couldn't connect, we lost our players during Indian Premier League: Coach
The Indian team arrived in London two weeks ago, punch drunk on success and the confidence that comes with it. Riding on 39 days of manic Indian Premier League action, they were the men in form, the side that had figured this format out. So what went wrong for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team? Bad form? Bad planning? Bad luck?
Coach Gary Kirsten had one answer today: the IPL.
He was quite clear that the scheduling of the IPL, squeezed in between the New Zealand tour and the world Twenty20 championships, had a lot to do with the team’s disappointing showing. “We came into a tournament without being able to connect with the players at all. We got two days with the players,” Kirsten said this evening.
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Coach Gary Kirsten had one answer today: the IPL.
He was quite clear that the scheduling of the IPL, squeezed in between the New Zealand tour and the world Twenty20 championships, had a lot to do with the team’s disappointing showing. “We came into a tournament without being able to connect with the players at all. We got two days with the players,” Kirsten said this evening.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.indianexpress.com
Labels: coach, disappointing, india out of twenty20, indian cricket coach, indian team, Indians, ipl action, London, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, tournament, twenty20, twenty20 cup, world cup 2009
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