The ongoing saga about India’s next coach has engulfed the entire Indian cricketing fraternity like a wildfire. The fallout between Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli was profusely messy, as it came on the back of undying rumours and allegations, of the two individuals, have an air of friction between them. Well, if two extremely stern and aggressive individuals were to share power for a team like India, this was well expected.
Now that Kumble is gone and no longer the coach, all eyes fall towards the veteran Ravi Shastri. Shastri had previously managed the Indian side on two separate occasions, once in 2007 and more recently from mid-2014, till the end of the 2016 World T20 in India. The second occasion consists of a vast sample size, vast enough to portray Shastri’s actual contribution to the Indian setup.
Keeping in mind the team’s run under him, below, we have a look at five key reasons, why Shastri shouldn’t be appointed as the team’s coach later this month.