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A tip about the World Cup from India’s ex-coach

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Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes that the current batsmen in his team at the ICC T20 World Cup are the best he has ever seen.

Shastri was in charge of India in the Twenty20 World Cup held last year. The Indian team won only three of their five matches and failed to qualify for the tournament’s knockout stages.

But with the recent emergence of Suryakumar Yadav and the reintroduction of veteran opener Dinesh Karthik into the middle order, India’s batting line-up has looked more stable for nearly 12 months.

Even with crucial fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah injured, Shastri feels that the Indian batsmen can help the team qualify for the semi-finals this time.

“For the last six-seven years I have been part of the team, first as a coach and now I am watching from the sidelines, I think this is the best line-up India has ever had in Twenty20 cricket.” Shastri made the announcement at an event held at the Mumbai Press Club.

ඉන්දීය හිටපු පුහුණුකරුගෙන් ලෝක කුසලානය ගැන ඉගියක්

හිටපු ඉන්දීය පුහුණුකරු රවී ශාස්ත්‍රි විශ්වාස කරන්නේ ICC T20 ලෝක කුසලානයේදී තම කණ්ඩායමේ සිටින වත්මන් පිතිකරුවන් තමා මෙතෙක් දැක ඇති හොඳම පිතිහරඹය බවයි.

පසුගිය වසරේ පැවැති විස්සයි20 ලෝක කුසලාන තරගාවලියේදී ඉන්දියාව භාරව සිටියේ ශාස්ත්‍රි ය. ආසියානු පිල ඔවුන් සහභාගි වූ තරග පහෙන් තුනක් පමණක් ජයගත් අතර එම තරගාවලියේ පිළිමළුන් පිටුදැකීමේ අදියර සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට අපොහොසත් විය.

නමුත් මෑතදී සූර්යකුමාර් යාදව්ගේ මතුවීම සහ ප්‍රවීණ අවසන් ක්‍රීඩක දිනේෂ් කාර්තික් මැද පෙළට නැවත ඇතුළත් කිරීමත් සමඟ ඉන්දීය පිතිකරණ ලැයිස්තුවේ මාස 12 කට ආසන්න කාලයක් වඩාත් ස්ථාවර බවක් පෙනේ.

ප්‍රධාන වේගපන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ජස්ප්‍රිත් බුම්රා ආබාධයකට ලක්ව සිටියද, ශාස්ත්‍රි සිතන්නේ ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන්ට මෙවර අවසන් පූර්ව වටයට සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමට කණ්ඩායමට උපකාර කළ හැකි බවයි.

“පසුගිය වසර හය-හත තුළ මම කණ්ඩායමේ කොටසක් වී සිටිමි, පළමුව පුහුණුකරුවෙකු ලෙස සහ දැන් මම පිටත සිට නරඹමින් සිටිමි, මම හිතන්නේ මෙය ඉන්දියාව විස්සයි20 ක්‍රිකට් වල මෙතෙක් නොතිබූ තරම් හොඳ පෙළගැස්මක් බවයි.” මුම්බායි පුවත්පත් සමාජයේ පැවති උත්සවයකදී ශාස්ත්‍රි ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.

இந்திய அணியின் முன்னாள் பயிற்சியாளரிடமிருந்து உலகக் கோப்பை பற்றிய குறிப்பு

ஐசிசி டி20 உலகக் கோப்பையில் தனது அணியில் உள்ள தற்போதைய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் தான் இதுவரை கண்டிராத சிறந்தவர்கள் என்று முன்னாள் இந்திய பயிற்சியாளர் ரவி சாஸ்திரி நம்புகிறார்.

கடந்த ஆண்டு நடைபெற்ற டுவென்டி 20 உலகக் கோப்பையில் சாஸ்திரி இந்திய அணியின் தலைவராக இருந்தார். ஆசிய அணி விளையாடிய ஐந்து போட்டிகளில் மூன்றில் மட்டுமே வெற்றி பெற்று போட்டியின் நாக் அவுட் சுற்றுக்கு தகுதி பெறத் தவறியது.

ஆனால் சமீபத்திய தோற்றம் சூர்யகுமார் யாதவ் மற்றும் மூத்த தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர் தினேஷ் கார்த்திக்கை மிடில் ஆர்டரில் மீண்டும் அறிமுகப்படுத்தியதன் மூலம், இந்தியாவின் பேட்டிங் வரிசை கிட்டத்தட்ட 12 மாதங்களுக்கு மிகவும் நிலையானதாக இருந்தது.

முக்கிய வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ஜஸ்பிரித் பும்ரா காயம் அடைந்தாலும், இந்திய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் இந்த முறை அணியை அரையிறுதிக்கு தகுதி பெற உதவ முடியும் என்று சாஸ்திரி கருதுகிறார்.

“கடந்த ஆறு-ஏழு ஆண்டுகளாக நான் அணியின் ஒரு பகுதியாக இருந்தேன், முதலில் ஒரு பயிற்சியாளராக இருந்தேன், இப்போது நான் பக்கத்தில் இருந்து பார்க்கிறேன், இது டுவென்டி 20 கிரிக்கெட்டில் இந்தியா பெற்ற சிறந்த வரிசை என்று நான் நினைக்கிறேன்.” மும்பை பிரஸ் கிளப்பில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியில் சாஸ்திரி இந்த அறிவிப்பை வெளியிட்டார்.

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