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7,May,2016
MS Dhoni,the incoming coach of the Indian team needs to understand the players' culture and language.
Indian captian MS Dhoni;
Most papolar cricket player Indian Captain MS Dhoni has said the incoming coach of the Indian team needs to understand the players' cultures and backgrounds to establish a good working relationship. Dhoni felt language wasn't a barrier when he was asked if an Indian coach was desirable to ease bottlenecks in communication. One of the stipulations stated by the BCCI in its recruitment process for India's head coach states: "It is desirable to communicate in Hindi and other regional Indian languages.""If you see the kind of players coming in, English, I don't think, is a big barrier," Dhoni said. "The other players in the team take the initiative, too. If someone doesn't understand something, they ask 'What does this mean?' I feel it [knowledge of Hindi] can be [one of the] criteria, but it can't be the only criteria."More than Hindi, English, one who understands our culture and our upbringing, the one who understands these sort of things, he will always be better with us. In the past, too, these things have been important, and the coaches who have understood us better, it has made a difference at the ground level."
Captain Dhoni said appointing the right candidate also depended on the options available, considering India's hectic calendar. Former cricketers like Stephen Fleming and Ricky Ponting, who have coached IPL franchises successfully, have shied away from international assignments because of the amount of time they are required to spend away from home."What is important is from a team's requirement, what it needs. According to that, we have to select whoever is the best available," Dhoni said. "It's not like everyone wants to be the coach [and] there's a reason behind it - you have your own family. It's not like we are playing for six months and not playing for two months. We keep playing."For a lot of international coaches, the problem is that we play a lot of cricket. From an availability point of view, we will have to see what is the best option and best for the team. One of the most important things is that they understand our culture."
The BCCI began the search for a head coach after the contracts of India team director Ravi Shastri, batting coach Sanjay Bangar, bowling coach B Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar - who were with the team since the ODI series in England in 2014 - expired after the World T20 in March. Bangar, however, was appointed coach for India's tour of Zimbabwe, and Abhay Sharma, who most recently worked with the India Under-19s and A teams, was named fielding coach for the tour.The board has set June 10 as the deadline for candidates to apply for the role of India's head coach, with the aim of appointing new long-term coaches by the time Virat Kohli's team reaches the Caribbean for a four-Test series against West Indies, scheduled in July-August.
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