Unselfish decision by Kumble
Anil Kumble quit as the national team’s head coach. Skipper Kohli and coach Kumble had
seemed to be a perfect match. The duo oversaw five Test series victories
against opponents besides winning one-day internationals and Twenty20s. The lone blip was the loss to Pakistan in
the Champions Trophy final this Sunday.
There was alleged rift between Kohli and Kumble. The coach’s farewell
statement was “It was apparent that the partnership was untenable.” He clearly did not want to be drawn into an
unpleasant battle with Kohli. There
is a precedent in the spat between Ganguly and Greg Chappell. The latest development highlights the superstar culture
undermining Indian cricket. The two, for the last few months, mostly spoke in
monosyllables.
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) — comprising Sachin Tendulkar,
Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman — had endorsed an extension to Kumble’s tenure. But they made it clear that Kumble would
only be retained if his differences with Kohli were solved. Though the BCCI attempted to resolve the
misunderstandings between the captain and me, it was apparent that the
partnership was untenable.
Kohli is no genius. So far he has only won at home. Big thing is winning
worldwide touranments - he failed miserably in CT 2017. He has not won anything
in SA, Australia or England yet. But he is treated as God by BCCI and gets his
own choice of a coach. So it will be just one person making top level
decisions.
Kohli thinks he is demigod because huge cricket supporters have made him one.
Time to abandon these false gods and embrace our national sport hockey. It is
the arrogance, 'media hyped image' and financial earnings of Virat Kohli, which
are responsible for state of Indian Cricket today. Anil Kumble has been a
brilliant and no nonsense coach since he has assumed duties. Virat Kohli is an
excellent cricketer but a poor leader.
Fighting it out would have been more Kumble-like, but that would have
caused more friction in the team and could even have harmed performance of
players like Kohli. As such Kumble has taken an unselfish decision that is best
for the India Team's future performance.
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