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who says multiple captains is this 'john's' idea…?

by straight point

i would like to take you back to india’s 2003 world cup campaign…when it was proudly reported that the men in blue had different captains as per their specific skills…

if my memory serves me right, srinath was the bowling captain…sachin, batting captain...while kaif or yuvraj was the fielding captain…

and of course we know who the real captain above all these captains was…our own dada!

apparently this idea was tabled by our then coach john wright, to maintain a constant focus…and it turned out to be a success after the disastrous start…we charged into the finals of that world cup…

so why is another 'john' is being given the credit for this ‘weird’ experiment…?

…btw even current team india has zaheer khan as the bowling captain…!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was fine... It was internal and it is pretty much the case in most teams. Only one though led on the field whereas the rest did the work during practice.

John wants to be another tangent (read media hype on coach)

straight point said...

scorpy...the difference or variations can be in understanding the same thing we all see...

like bowling captain standing at mid off or mid on helping his colleague on bowling aspect in critical moments...(like zaheer is often seen doing these days)

Ankit Poddar said...

SP,

a good reminder, but I must add, that while dada seemed to be in sync, with wright's idea, he doen't seem so excited about the other john's viewpoint!

and then, in 2003, as you added, dada was above all. with buchanan's announcement, it din't seem the case is going to be the same with this team!

Anonymous said...

Wright's idea was to take some pressure off dada. Buchanan's is to take Dada off KKR.

Shravan RN said...

buch is sick

Vyom said...

Helping each other out is a different thing but having multiple captains altogether is a different thing. And that too announcing this means Buchanan really wants to have different people in control in different matches and situations.
That is something really weird.
lets see how it goes.
Another reason to watch KKR matches

straight point said...

but who said that this john wants dada to be above all ankit... ;-)

straight point said...

exactly som :)

straight point said...

welcome on bored shravan...

actually buch is not sick its srk who is allowing him to do what he wants to...

straight point said...

atleast this will make kkr watchable...vyom ;-)

Q said...

Interesting that you point that out SP.. Sangakkara in his article also talked abt how a leadership group has been there within the Lanka team.. and ur right abt India.. even today I reckon Sachin gives more batting tips and guides the batting than anyone else in the team.. same as u said abt Zak and the bowling..

Stephen Fleming was the first to promote the idea of having a leadership group when he talked abt Cairns, Vettori, Astle, and Styris being the leaders in the side.

Though none of them have practices it in official capacities so in a way KKR will be the first team to do so.. and since John spoke abt it, everyone is assuming that it is his idea. It could have been SRK who suggested it. Ganguly has gone on record to say that it was John's idea..

Either way.. I dont think it will work.. unofficially having leadership groups and mentors is different...

straight point said...

thanks Q...look we can agree on some points too... :))

on serious note...i still think that the real motive behind the what they say 'experiment' is doing away with ganguly...and jb is lucky to get willing franchisee (srk)...

i dare jb to try this 'experiment' out to rajasthan royals (warne) or chennai's (dhoni) he will be shown the door next moment...