After so much brouhaha about choosing the next Indian cricket coach, it has ended up in an all familiar anticlimax, much like the Matrix, with the players (Neo) becoming GOD.
The current contenders are John Emburey and Graham Ford; now where did he come from ? Both guys had strong backing from the players. It seems that Dav Whatmore was never a front runner for the post, or says the elite panel. BCCI has decided to play it safe by choosing a back room coach instead of a high profile one, since they had enough of leaked mails/SMS and factionalism in the dressing room. It is another thing that the players wanted Tom Moody who has already chosen to coach Western Australia.
India's loss is Pakistan's gain. Now Pakistan has their sights set on Whatmore, whether Dav will take up the job is yet to be seen; initial offers by PCB were rejected by Whatmore, since he was expecting to land the India job. Whatmore being the spunky guy he is, might just take up the job, and make worldbeaters out of Pakistan and BCCI is sure to land in a soup if Pakistan beats India.
Read my previous post about The Chosen One
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