Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly said that unlike football, cricket is a \u201ccaptain\u2019s game\u201d and the coach should take a \u201cback seat\u201d. The 46-year-old, one of India\u2019s most successful captains, said \u201cman management\u201d is one of the key qualities a coach should possess.<\/p>\n
Ganguly was at the Symbiosis International to launch his book \u2013 \u2018A Century is not Enough\u2019, co-authored with senior sports writer Gautam Bhattacharya.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not like football. A lot of current cricket coaches think that they are going to run a cricket team like a football team, but cricket is a captain\u2019s game and coach has to take a backseat and that is important,\u201d said Ganguly.<\/p>\n
The 113-Test veteran was replying to a question on the role of coaches in cricket.<\/p>\n
He was asked what qualities a coach should have and he replied, \u201cman management\u201d, adding \u201chardly few have it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Asked what is the best advice he had received during his career, Ganguly quipped, \u201cNever pick a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if he is given a chance what question he will pose to the current India head coach Ravi Shastri, he said, \u201cWho picks up the team, Rohit Sharma (stand-in ODI captain) or Ravi Shastri.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ganguly, who also played in the IPL, said he was fortunate enough to lead a team which was full of champions like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh.<\/p>\n
Players such as Harbhajan, Zaheer and Yuvraj Singh have said in the past they owed their careers to Ganguly as he backed them as the captain.<\/p>\n
There are several talented players today but they are not sure whether they will play the next game, and asked about it, Ganguly said, \u201cVirat (Kohli) needs to work little on it. I backed them because I saw them closely, I have seen them how they react to pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said pressure is must in professional life but too much pressure is not good.<\/p>\n
Talking to reporters over the dismal performance of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the ongoing Asia Cup in the UAE, Ganguly said it was just a temporary phase for these teams and they will overcome it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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