Mumbai: The former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri believes that the coach and captain must say in the election of the national team.
A captain sits in the selection committee to give input but the power of decision making lies in the BCCI selection panel of five members while the coach does not have a chair on the table.
“I think it is very important that the captain and coach must say in the team’s election.
I think advanced, both must officially say, especially if the coach is quite experienced, like me and now how Rahul (Dravid) is,” Shastri told Star Sports.
Head coach is part of the election panel in Australia and England.
According to Shastri, he himself is a round former Indian and former captain of Mumbai, the captain must be able to see the voter’s mindset.
“It must happen in the meeting – not on the phone or outside – where the captain is there, so he can see the voter’s mindset.” What happened at the meeting when the convention was there, all the big boys were there – he had to be at the meeting, “added the 59-year-old children.
Legendary Rahul Dravid has taken over as a coach of the Indian team from the series The last house against New Zealand, replaced Shastri.