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Club Cricketer
1st March 2007
Mhambrey named as new coach; Surprising resignation from Chappell
Former Bengal coach and Indian player Paras Mhambrey who resigned from the illustrious domestic job of coaching Bengal has been named the coach of India at a press conference after the surprising exit of Greg Chappell from Indian cricket. News sources
are said to be saying that selection issues and internal conflicts between the Australian and the BCCI led to Chappell resigning. Chappell had a lot to gain even with a steamy relationship with the BCCI, but the former decided that quitting would be the best
solution for everyone. Chappell hasn’t spoken on this issue yet.
Paras Mhambrey has been successful on the domestic scene as a coach in recent times. Having led Bengal to two consecutive Ranji Trophy Finals, the fierce disciplinarian in former Indian paceman Mhambrey prompted BCCI to hire him ahead of other more potential and ideal candidates. The main reason was mainly because of the more domestic approach that Mhambrey would be able to offer the selectors. Mhambrey was quoted as saying,“It’s an honour to be offered one of the top jobs in international cricket, and it was just to hard to refuse such an offer. Hopefully, I’ll be able to take India to further and better things, and the World Cup’s where I hope to start off with.” The bowling coach and fielding coach will both till be held by Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh for now a BCCI official told sources.
Mhambrey’s known for his fierce attitude and attacking tactics, and has unearthed such exceptional Bengal talent such as Manoj Tiwary, Ranadeb Bose and Abhishek Jhunjhunwala. He has already named a 30 man preliminary squad for the upcoming World Cup in the Carribean. Will India be able to adjust to a new coach in such little time? And, what forced the BCCI to hire Mhambrey over an internationally acclaimed coach? Well, for all we know this could be a start of a new era for India cricket. Or the downfall of a huge cricketing empire. Either way, a revolution is at hand…
India Preliminary 30 Man Squad for the World Cup
Virender Sehwag (Delhi), Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Saurav Ganguly (Bengal), Rahul Dravid (Karnataka), Manoj Tiwary (Bengal), Gautam Gambhir (Delhi), Yuvraj Singh (Punjab), Mithun Manhas (Delhi), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai), Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi), Amol Muzumdar (Mumbai), Dinesh Karthik (Tamil Nadu), Mohammed Kaif (Uttar Pradesh), Suresh Raina (Uttar Pradesh), Robin Uthappa (Karnataka), Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (Bengal), Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai), Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Jharkand), Ajit Agarkar (Mumbai), Munaf Patel (Gujarat), Anil Kumble (Karnataka), Piyush Chawla (Uttar Pradesh), Pragyan Ojha (Hyderabad), Harbhajan Singh (Punjab), Irfan Pathan (Baroda), Zaheer Khan (Mumbai), Ranadeb Bose (Bengal), Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh (Tamil Nadu), Ramesh Powar (Mumbai).
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Well, I've already finished one year of this game on ICC. I prefer to continue where I've stopped, so there'll be a recap of the whole first year in one long post most likely as I remember all the squads I chose for the various tour, plus the significant scores etc.. A few screenshots only though unfortunately, as I only thought of making a story when I reached the 2nd year in game, so I haven't got any scorecards etc. on there. But, I'll do two warm-up matches for the World Cup just to show y'all I actually can write and whatnot. I'll try to make mine slightly different by having a more in depth look at the offscreen lives of the board and the cricketers, as I'm trying to do something a bit different. Plus, I won't use many graphics for now I guess, though, I'll try my best to get pics wherever neccessary. Hope you guys enjoy this story.
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