Former Indian player, Lalchand Rajput, has expressed his disappointment on BCCI’s decision of again receiving more application for post of India’s head coach. The board is in a rush to select the coach and may find Kumble’s replacement till Tuesday. Lalchand Rajput is also a name in the list for expected coaches and has submitted his application before the 31st May deadline.
Lalchand said, “It is humiliating for sure. To have submitted the resume, to have been short-listed and to be now told that fresh applications will also be accepted is highly unprofessional on the part of the BCCI. It does show that the board never had faith in the other five candidates apart from Kumble and once he stepped down, they need new names to pick from.”
He also feels that if a person is great player then it is not necessary that he will prove to be a great coach too. “I don’t know why people keep confusing the idea that coaching a team and having been a good player are the same. You can be the best player in the business, but that doesn’t guarantee success as a coach. You need to have technical knowledge and some sort of experience in coaching. To have played for the country and to step in and coach a team isn’t how professional set-ups work. Take a look at how Bayliss has taken English cricket forward. Or, you can also check Domingo’s record with the Proteas. Clearly you don’t need to be a great player to be a good coach. The BCCI needs to understand this,” he said.
Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus and Doda Ganesh are the other applicants along with him who had submitted their application on the previous timeline.