The BCCI is now in the mood of revamping Indian cricket and the process has been started with fresh recruits. A semi-final loss to New Zealand was not taken lightly by the board and the ongoing process is proof of that.

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The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administration (CoA) has already announced that they will accept “fresh applications” for the position the head coach of the Indian national cricket team. The current head coach of the Indian cricket team, Ravi Shastri also has to renewed applications and like others has to mention his capabilities to fulfil this huge responsibility. There are already handful of famous names are coming up in the news as the top contenders. Virender Sehwag is one of them apart from the ex-coach Gary Kirsten and Australian legend Shane Warne.

Equation matters

However, according to some of the senior officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it would not be beneficial for the team to remove Shastri as the coach. This might go against team spirit and balance. According to a senior official, the combination of Shastri and Virat Kohli suit each other and at this point, it would not be good to work against it. “Nothing permanent with a long-term effect should happen at this stage of transition. Shastri and Kohli complement each other well and it would be unfair to change half of a team that has been successful.

He explained the situation while talking to IANS that the equation allows the players their own spaces which eventually help in the overall outcome. “A change in coach may prove to disturb the equation that exists which allows the players to have the mental space to excel. If a change is made at this stage, then it would be a change of strategy and planning for the next 5 years. It would be unfair to take such a decision at a stage when the stakeholders are not the ones deciding.”

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