Royal Challengers Bangalore have announced a major overhaul to their support staff, sacking Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra as the mentor and bowling coach respectively, and bringing in Mike Hesson as director of cricket and Simon Katich as head coach.
Former India mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton talks about Rajasthan Royals, 2013 IPL betting scandal, his friendship with Rahul Dravid, and the upcoming World Cup
Paddy Upton was the mental conditioning coach of the Indian cricket team that won the 2011 World Cup. His controversial 'sex dossier' for the Indian players grabbed a lot of media attention.
For the 12th edition, the Virat Kohli-led side has retained several players like AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
It is strange to hear Indian coach Gary Kirsten is “deeply
disturbed” over what he calls “false allegations” that he had co-authored the now-derided
Sep 28, 2009
Their turnaround in one-day form has been stunning and credit must go where it is due. It would appear that under the new team management and fresh young talent, a cohesive, powerful unit is in the making.
Sachin has kept his batting simple. Good balance, trying to hit everything as straight as possible and showing the blade of the bat while executing shots have been the cornerstones of his success.
India perceives South Africa to be vulnerable in this area and would now be further emboldened. Ironically, it was not the spinners who precipitated the crisis. It was Irfan Pathan.
