Indian Cricket Team is in its best form right now and the players are doing extremely well. In the direction of former cricketer Ravi Shashtri the boys are exceeding well in their individual careers and contributing for the team. But Ravi Shahstri is expected to leave the post of director of Indian Team after the conclusion of the ICC World Twenty-20 championship. And so the BCCI (Board of Cricket Council of India) is looking for a permanent coach for the Indian Cricket Team.
The noted leg-spin legend from Australia, Shane Warne has lately expressed his wish to coach team India if given an opportunity by the BCCI. He said that cricket is everything for him and hence he has never said no for any opportunity that came his way. He added that he would be more than happy if he would be asked to play the role of a full-time coach for team India.
In a recent interview, he said, “”I would love to work with the Indian team. I think they are a very talented team, wonderful team to work for. There is a lot of pressure, a billion plus people supporting the Indian team, if you make a mistake you cop it. If the opportunity came about, I would think about it,”
He added, “”I have never said no in my life to anything. I have always been open for anything, whether that is coaching India, coaching an Indian Premier League (IPL) team, coaching England, maybe not. I definitely want to stay involved in cricket. I love commentary and I hope people enjoy listening to me. I am not sure I am ready to coach right now, maybe down the track but I never say no to an opportunity. If an opportunity presents itself or comes to my door I would always weigh it up and then give an honest answer about what I think. If you can’t give 100 percent to whatever it maybe then you are better off saying no. But that if opportunity came and you say you would love to do it then everything else stops and you can take up that opportunity that may be,”
Indian Team has played very well in the on-going World Twenty-20 tournament and reached semi-finals where it lost to West Indies. Both the teams gave each other a good competition and West Indies won the match by 7 wickets and entered into the finals.
Shane Warne on this loss of the team said that players did the best they could do but the lack of basics let the team down in the semi-finals, though he appreciated the players a lot. Disappointed by the team’s loss, he said, “India didn’t get their basics right, they bowled a few no-balls, etc. etc. I was disappointed because I had backed India to win the tournament before a ball was bowled. I thought India vs England final would be good.”
He praised the best in-form batsman of the team, Kohli saying, “When you got a star player like Kohli, I think you got a blank piece of paper and you say ‘who is your first pick T20 player’ and for me it is Kohli. I would select him at No.3, that is my first selection. Second would probably be Chris Gayle for the opening position.”
Well, it would be interesting to see if BCCI would offer Shane Warne to be the full-time coach of the Indian Cricket Team and if it does how Shane Warne would take the team ahead.
