Meticulous planning and superb execution have rightly been touted as the reasons for India’s magnificent victory in the T20 World Cup. However, this may not have been possible without captain Rohit Sharma, chief coach Rahul Dravid and chief selector Ajit Agarkar being on the same page in vision, strategy and processes.
The captain is key in this configuration as he is the prime decision maker on the field. But modern cricket’s demands of different formats and more frequent international matches have made the roles of chief coach and chief selector crucial, too.
A good rapport with the coach makes a captain’s job easier. Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble, and before them Greg Chappell and Sourav Ganguly, looked like matches made in heaven, but the relationships inexplicably soured swiftly, and the team suffered.
In team selection in India, the captain and coach generally provide inputs, but these are not binding on the selection committee which can leave scope for discord, as shown by the strained relations between Kohli and chief selector Chetan Sharma in 2021. Some successful captain-coach combos like Kohli-Ravi Shastri did not get involved in selection matters beyond the perfunctory, focusing instead on getting the best out of the players given to them.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
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RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
