Author: nayanmahajan

1. LALCHAND RAJPUT APPLIES FOR TEAM INDIA HEAD COACH

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Lalchand Rajput, former manager of the Indian cricket team, has applied for Team India’s post of Chief Coach. Lalchand is currently the coach of Zimbabwe, but the team has been banned by the ICC. Lalchand was the manager of the team that won the T-20 World Cup in 2007 and the CB Series on the Australian soil in 2008. Apart from them, former Indian all-rounder Robin Singh has applied for the chief coach and Praveen Amre for the batting coach.

LALCHAND WAS THE COACH OF THE INDIAN UNDER-19 TEAM IN 2007.

The BCCI had the deadline for the chief coach of Team India application till July 30. With this, the board had also invited applications for batting coach, bowling coach, and fielding coach. The current coach Ravi Shastri’s tenure ended after the World Cup. Till the West Indies tour, his term of staff and support staff was increased.

Former Mumbai opener Lalchand has played two Tests and four ODIs for India. He started coaching career from under-19 In 2007; they appointed him coach of the Indian under-19 team for the tour of England. After they made this Lalchand the manager of the senior team.

2. BCCI SUSPENDS PRITHVI SHAW FOR FAILING DOPE TEST

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Indian Cricket Team batsman Prithvi Shaw has been suspended by the BCCI.

The BCCI has suspended Prithvi Shaw because of violation of anti-doping rules. They have suspended Prithvi Shaw for 8 months, which will continue until November 15th, 2019.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) released a statement on Tuesday and informed about this. They have accused Shaw of doping because of the consumption of a restricted substance. We usually find this substance in cough medicines.

The BCCI said in the statement that Prithvi Shaw, registered with the Mumbai Cricket Association, has been suspended for violation of rules of doping. Shaw consumed a restricted substance, which is usually found in cough syrup. ”

Shaw gave his sample during Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on February 22nd, 2019, in which they found parts of the prohibited substance.

They suspended Shaw on July 16, 2019, guilty of a breach of BCCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADRV).

Shaw considered the allegations raised on him, but said that he unknowingly consumed this substance.

The BCCI has accepted the argument given by Shaw. And, they suspended him till November 15th.

Prithvi Shaw played in the last international match against West Indies in Hyderabad.

He has played two Tests for India so far. He has recorded a hundred and a half-century in his name.

He has scored 237 runs at an average of 118.50 in 2 Tests.

PRITHVI SHAW STATEMENTS

Prithvi Shaw said, “I have come to know today that I cannot play cricket till mid-November 2019. This is considering a prohibited substance present in the cough syrup which I inadvertently took when I had a severe cough & cold while playing for my Mumbai team during Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament in Indies in Feb 2019,”

Shaw wrote in a statement on Twitter.

3. INDIA ANNOUNCES HOCKEY TEAM FOR OLYMPIC TEST EVENT

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• India announced the 18-member Indian hockey team for the Olympic test event to be held in Japan’s capital Tokyo between August 17-21.
• Team management has given rest to the team’s senior players Manpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh and Surendra Kumar.
• In the absence of Manpreet, Harmanpreet Singh has been appointed captain of the team as captain and Mandeep Singh has been appointed vice-captain for this tournament.

Chief coach of the Indian team, Graham Reid, said about the absence of senior players that this break will help the players recover from injuries. On the other side, all these players will be fully fit for the Olympic qualification tournament in November. Reid said, “We have rested some team’s players, including captain Manpreet. Some of these players have struggled hard in hockey in the last 12 months, so we want to give them the opportunity to recover from injury and recovering so they can fully refresh and prepare for the qualifying tournament in November.

In absence of senior players, Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh have been appointed a captain and vice-captain of the team. Two young players Ashish Tappano and Shamsher Singh have been included in the team. Both players can debut during the test event. At the same time, experienced striker SV Sunil has returned to the team after 9 months.

Letus tell you that the Olympic Test event is a great opportunity for some players to show their talents at the international level. He said, during this competition, there will not be a loss of world ranking points. During the Tokyo Test event, we will understand the situation there, while some young players will show their talents at an international level.

4. Pro Kabaddi 2019: Brothers in arms, Anup Kumar and Rakesh Kumar transition into PKL’s first super coaches

Rakesh Kumar couldn’t remain seated; Anup Kumar preferred to walk.

And so began the journeys of the two as coaches. Throughout their playing careers, Rakesh and Anup had leaned on each other, designing strategies, defeating rivals and achieving the biggest highs in the sport. Both Asian Games gold medallists, both World Cup winners, they have been the defining figures of Indian kabaddi in the past decade and a half.

Though as different as fire and ice—Rakesh is considered the hottest talent the country has produced, while Anup is acknowledged as the coolest mind — there has been a certain symmetry to their success, especially in the Indian jersey. And so it wasn’t surprising that the two started their coaching career together, against each other.

“I kept jumping out of my seat to give the players instructions,” says Rakesh of his coaching debut on 22 July when his team Haryana Steelers defeated Anup’s Puneri Paltan 34-24 in the seventh season of the Pro Kabaddi League. “I was warned by the assistant scorer. And I told her I am sorry, but it’s my first time and I’m too excited. Mujhse baitha nahi ja r aha tha (I couldn’t just sit in the dugout). There were so many times that I wanted to go onto the mat myself and get the job done.”

Anup, younger by a year and less belligerent of the two, wasn’t too keen on wasting any nervous energy, or any energy for that matter.

“Star Sports (host broadcaster) people had told me I could enter the mat any way I wanted to,” says the 36-year-old Anup, one of finest raiders, about his first steps on the kabaddi mat as a coach. “Either walk onto the field or run with the players. But I didn’t want to run. Bohot bhaag liye, ab aram karna hai (I have ran a lot in my playing days, now I want to rest).”

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