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No need to remove Dhoni, says BCCI

  •   Tue, Aug 19 2014 08:05:30 PM

Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS): With the World Cup only six months away, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) doesn't intend to sack India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose leadership has now been put under lens by critics.

On a day when the BCCI cracked the whip in the aftermath of the 1-3 humiliating Test series loss to England, the board also made it clear that it was fully behind Dhoni.

The India captain enjoys the blessings of International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N. Sriniavasan, who has been removed as the BCCI president by the Supreme Court.

"There is no need to remove Dhoni as the captain," said BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel.

The BCCI, however, has acted tough by clipping the wings of chief coach Duncan Fletcher.

Fielding coach Trevor Penney and bowling coach Joe Dawes, who were hand-picked by Fletcher, were dropped and former India captain Ravi Shastri was appointed director of the team for the ODI series starting Aug 25.

The BCCI earlier this year extended the contracts of both Penney and Dawes, along with Fletcher, till the World Cup due in February-March 2015. But in the aftermath of the team's disastrous show in the five-match Test series against England, the board decided to drop Penney and Dawes.

The BCCI has also appointed former India all-rounder Sanjay Bangar and former fast bowler Bharat Arun as the assistant coaches while R. Sridhar, who was part of the now non-functional National Cricket Academy (NCA), will join as the fielding coach for the ODI series.

It was after five years that BCCI has appointed Indians as assistant coaches. Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh, who were appointed in 2007, were sacked as the bowling and the fielding coaches in 2009.

 
  

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  • suni, blre/q8

    Wed, Aug 20 2014

    hope this management decision work fruitful. there is internal rivalry between Indian team mates...no combination...still dhoni is best.

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  • Joe Britto, Nakre/Bangalore

    Tue, Aug 19 2014

    With the world cup around the corner Dhoni seems the logical choice for the captain's post.All seniors have already been axed or their form is woeful.
    But why not get Shewag back to the opening slot .Give others who have fared well like Vinay Kumar and so many youngsters a chance /chances to prove themselves. Dhoni cannot see beyond CSK and it's time for the ors to undermine his powers.But this is only wishful thinking as Dhoni has the support of his boss N.Srinivasan.Gavaskar and Shastri also are very supportive of Dhoni and they are the ones who actually matter. Where are Bishen Singh Bedi, Mohinder Amarnath & Kapil Dev one wonders ?

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