BENGALURU: As India’s World Cup marketing campaign reaches the ultimate stage, the 15-member squad has been lauded for its teamwork and ability. Beyond the boundary, although, there are 20 males who’ve toiled away behind the scenes. Led by head coach Rahul Dravid, they’ve performed an important function in guaranteeing the crew is at its finest bodily and mentally. It would not be misplaced to say that Team India‘s assist workers is a key cause for the crew’s 10-0 file heading into the ultimate.

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COACHES: When Dravid was appointed head coach, he emphasised on efficiency reasonably than outcomes. He wanted assist workers who knew how he functioned, who aligned along with his thought course of and understood the gamers. With these parameters, he put collectively an meeting of coaches he had labored with throughout his stint because the director of the National Cricket Academy between 2019 to 2021.

Batting coach Vikram Rathour, former pacer Paras Mhambrey as bowling coach and T Dilip within the function of the fielding coach got here on board to finish the teaching workers. They got here with wealthy expertise of being a part of the U-19 and India ‘A’ groups. They rapidly established a rapport with the gamers, understood their sport, obtained a really feel of their limitations and psychological and bodily make-up.

TRAINING ASSISTANTS: India have three coaching assistants – Raghavindraa Dvgi aka ‘Raghu’, Nuwan Udenaka and Dayananda Garani, who type the fulcrum of the crew’s coaching classes. Senior most amongst them is Raghavindraa, a shy cricket fanatic from Kumta in Uttara Kannada. The 38-year-old, who first travelled with the Indian crew to Australia in 2011 as a ‘helper,’ has come a good distance since, incomes reward from the likes of Tendulkar, Dhoni and Kohli.
Over the years, he has turn into India’s ‘secret weapon’. While his utility to the crew is not any extra a secret, Kohli believes Raghu has been instrumental within the batters’ efficiency in opposition to tempo for over a decade now.

“I believe the improvement this team has shown while playing fast bowling since 2013 has been because of Raghu. He has good concepts about footwork, bat movement of players. He has improved his skills so much that with the sidearm he easily hurls the balls at 155 kmph,” Kohli mentioned earlier this 12 months.

“All three have given us world-class practice every time we play. They challenge us in the nets like any 145 or 150kmph pace bowlers. They always try to get us out and make sure that they test us regularly. For me that has been the difference in my career, to be very honest. From where I was as a cricketer before I started getting this kind of practice to where I am today.”

THE OTHER MEN WHO MATTER: There is a battery of different assist on provide from physios to trainers, masseurs, power and conditioning coaches and an analyst. Not to neglect the logistics supervisor, who manages crew’s schedules. There are safety officers and media managers too.
TEAM INDIA SUPPORT STAFF
Head coach: Rahul Dravid; Batting coach: Vikram Rathour; Bowling coach: Paras Mhambrey; Fielding coach: T Dilip; Physios: Kamlesh Jain and Yogesh Parmar; Training assistants: Raghavindraa Dvgi, Nuwan Udenaka, Dayananda Garani; Masseurs: Arun Kanade and Rajeev Kumar; Strength and conditioning coaches: Soham Desai and Rajinikanth; Analyst: Hari Prasad Mohan; Logistics Manager: Rishikesh Upadhayaya; Security, Protocol and Integrity Officer (SLO): Vipul Yadav, Dinesh Chahal; Team physician: Dr Rizwan; Media supervisor: Anand Subramanian; Liaison Officer: Amit Siddeshwar