The Indian cricket team is up for a challenge. The men in blue won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, winning all their matches at the USA and West Indies. India captain Rohit Sharma, and star players Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have all announced retirement from T20 cricket. The team’s head coach Rahul Dravid also bid adieu as his tenure has ended. Ex-India batting coach Vikram Rathour warns the management about transition in the team after the Head coach and players retire.
One of the most celebrated players Gautam Gambhir has taken up the role as the new Head Coach after the BCCI appointed him. While being a coach for Gambhir is a big transition in itself, bringing out the star in the younger players is also a challenge.
Vikram Rathour warns the management about transition
Vikram Rathour, who will serve as India’s batting coach through the T20 World Cup 2024, discussed the team’s upcoming transition phase. He emphasized the importance of the team management handling this transition “in a controlled manner.”
Rathour’s remarks highlight the need for a strategic approach during this period to ensure stability and success. His insights reflect a focus on maintaining consistency and control as the team navigates changes and prepares for future challenges.
“It is never going to be easy to replace people of Rohit and Virat’s calibre,” Rathour told PTI. “The recently-concluded [T20I] series against Zimbabwe gave us some glimpse into how the T20 team will look like in future. But we still have a few years in Test and ODI cricket to get to that point.”
The young team India, captained by Shubman Gill won India’s Tour of Zimbabwe 4-1. This showed the talent of the young players as well as highlighted their skills in international games.”I won’t be too concerned about it [the transition],” Rathour said.
“We have a lot of depth in Indian cricket. There are lots of very talented and skilful players who are coming through the system. The only thing we need to make sure is the transition is done in a controlled manner. It needs to be gradual.”
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Speaking of the young players, Rathour believes India has the talent to form the core of the team for the next decade, with many young players emerging. He feels confident that these players can establish a strong foundation across all formats for years to come.
“I am hoping that by then, players like Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, to name a few, would establish themselves and will make the transition smooth,” he said.”In ODIs also, we have experienced players like Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya to take over.” “There are many exciting players coming through but these two [Gill and Jaiswal] are equipped to play all three formats for a long time. They are going to be the backbone of Indian batting in years to come.” Rathour finished.
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