Arun Lal felicitated in Sports Journalist club today. XtraTime[/caption]Kolkata: Former cricketer and commentator Arun Lal bats for Kumble to perform well for Indian team. According to him the newly appointed head coach of India should get enough time to adjust and settle with the team.
Attending a programme in celebration of World Sports’ Journalists’ Day, Arun Lal expressed his hope for betterment of Indian team with the hand of Anil Kumble. He said, “Kumble should get time. He has started just now. Hope he will provide the best of him by which Indian cricket will be enriched.”
The former cricketer did not took side of any of the controversial duo- Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri. However, he also mentioned that it is not necessary to perform the best by every best cricketer as coach. He said, “A successful cricketer will by a successful coach,
that is not obvious always.”
The former cricketer slammed the present situation of club cricket in Bengal. He described the situation of the present clubs as ‘prostitution’. Comparing and closely observing the differences between clubs of his time and the present time he uttered the word
very significantly.
He described, “In our time the clubs used to pay the coaches. There was the relation of teacher-student in between the trainees and the coaches. Now some coaches are paying some clubs to retain as the coach of those clubs. As a result the coaching is being hampered. The budding trainees are getting hampered. Guardians of the trainee
cricketers are being cheated.”
Today about the main occasion he praised the sports’ journalists of India. He quoted that the sports’ journalists played a positive role towards Indian cricket all along. He said, “during the 90’s the betting scam came in focus where journalists played a big role. Also
in present situation they played a big role in revealing the IPL scam. I wish they will retain their such performance and help Indian Indian cricket in this way.”
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