T20 world Cup game against Namibia It was Shastri’s last day in office as head coach.
“One thing is missing, that is (winning the ICC tournament). He will get a chance and Rahul Dravidian Coming as a coach, I wish him all the best.
“He’s a great player, he’s got the stature, what he has done as a coach is to take this team forward over the next few years and raise the bar,” Shastri said in a virtual post-match media interaction on Monday.
Shastri won one Test series after another in Australia during his tenure, but he and the captain did not get an ICC trophy. Virat Kohli.
Shastri also praised the outgoing bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar, whose tenure also ended with the team’s World Cup campaign.
“Look, I call him (Arun) the guru of that (bowling) department… He and Sridhar have done a great job, but I come to Bharat Arun first. He has been in the coaching space for almost 20 years. Now, if not more.
“And not only that, he has coached a lot of coaches, he’s done a lot of courses, he’s certified a lot of coaches and then came to do this job and that’s the main reason I chose him…
“… because I wanted to choose people from my stables, who NCA And I am the chairman there for some time when the system was put in place. This was the time when people like Sridhar and Arun came into the fold, together dave whatmore There,” said Shastri.
Shastri said that Arun’s biggest plus point was his communication.
“He won’t change someone’s technique for it, unless he has a solution or until he can explain to the guy (player) why he has to do it, to do it, he won’t.
“He instilled professionalism in the unit with his communication skills, telling them that’s what we expect from a bowling team, not a bowling person, it’s not easy, it’s something specific that he did, he made sure ”
Under Sridhar’s guidance, Shastri realized that the team had become one of the best fielding units in the world.
“And then I’ll go to Sridhar, who I think is one of the best coaches in the world[and]he’s excellent. I just had to tell him that I want this to be one of the best Indian fielding teams ever.” Be one, this was my order from him and said that in every match I want to see the bar set high…
Shastri said, “…There was no mess, it had to be done and so on with Arun as far as bowling as a unit is concerned, it took time, but it happened and so came the results. ”
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