Ashish Nehra has earlier been a coach with Royal Challengers Bangalore where Gary Kirsten was also involved for a couple of seasons. Both of them have had a long and fruitful working relationship in the Indian national camp.
Gary Kirsten had guided India to No.1 in the Test rankings for the first time in December 2009, just over a year after taking over. He later achieved the same feat with South Africa.
Former India coach Gary Kirsten, who has also managed outfits in Indian Premier League and Big Bash League, pointed out the difference between coaching a national side and a franchise team
Royal Challengers Bangalore have announced a major overhaul to their support staff, sacking Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra as the mentor and bowling coach respectively, and bringing in Mike Hesson as director of cricket and Simon Katich as head coach.
Former India mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton talks about Rajasthan Royals, 2013 IPL betting scandal, his friendship with Rahul Dravid, and the upcoming World Cup
Paddy Upton was the mental conditioning coach of the Indian cricket team that won the 2011 World Cup. His controversial 'sex dossier' for the Indian players grabbed a lot of media attention.
RCB will take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the season opener on March 23 in Chennai
For the 12th edition, the Virat Kohli-led side has retained several players like AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
It is strange to hear Indian coach Gary Kirsten is “deeply
disturbed” over what he calls “false allegations” that he had co-authored the now-derided
Their turnaround in one-day form has been stunning and credit must go where it is due. It would appear that under the new team management and fresh young talent, a cohesive, powerful unit is in the making.Well Done, India
The Eden was a very un-Indian kind of strip. Shaun Pollock must have been licking his lips and offering words of gratitude to the groundsman.
Sachin has kept his batting simple. Good balance, trying to hit everything as straight as possible and showing the blade of the bat while executing shots have been the cornerstones of his success.
India perceives South Africa to be vulnerable in this area and would now be further emboldened. Ironically, it was not the spinners who precipitated the crisis. It was Irfan Pathan.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.