Fletcher comes in knowing what not to do
Duncan Fletcher has the advantage of his predecessor's tenures to guide him as he takes on the role of India's coach, says David Norton, writing in the Sport Collective
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
Duncan Fletcher has the advantage of his predecessor's tenures to guide him as he takes on the role of India's coach, says David Norton, writing in the Sport Collective. Also, the BCCI, he says, showed new-found efficiency in appointing the new man.
Where Chappell had failed by trying to stamp his personality on an India side under the influential captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, Kirsten succeeded by redefining the role as a supporting one, staying in the background and going about his business in the same determined but unfussy manner with which he had accumulated 7,289 Test runs for South Africa.
So Fletcher comes to the position with the advantage of having had predecessors who are near-textbook examples of how and how not to make it work.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo