The Indian cricket team doesn’t really have a dedicated batting coach for now. Even though there is a certain Abhishek Nayar, as the assistant coach, but his role is more tilted to working with the batters. Now, with epic failures of the team, especially the batters in the IND vs NZ series and the IND vs AUS series, it seems that the BCCI is now looking to hire India A coach Sitanshu Kotak as batting coach.
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Sitanshu is a domestic giant from Saurashtra, who has over 8000 runs in FC cricket, and since his retriement has enjoyed various positions as a coach. In fact, he was even in charge of the Indian team during the Ireland T20Is in 2023. But the question that should be asked is, if he would be able to fix the Indian team’s batting that is in total disarray at the moment. More so, if he could end dreadful run of Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma.
Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma in Different Phases
InsideSport feels that Kotak coaching expertise might not just help them alone. Let us analyse the batting of these two legends in three different periods. During 2014-19, when Sanjay Bangar was the batting coach, Virat Kohli was in his prime anyways, while Rohit was trying to make a mark as the Test batter. While, when Vikram Rathour took over, Virat struggled big time, Rohit flourished. Let’s also keep into account the tenure of Rahul Dravid as the head coach from 2021-2024.
In the first period, Rohit played 28 Tests, scored 1808 runs at an average of 42, scored 4 tons. Since Vikram Rathour took over, in 21 Tests he scored 1541 runs at an average of 44 again, with rather similar looking numbers. As for Virat, he was excellent during Bangar’s tenure — where he scored 5695 runs at an average of 58 in 62 Tests, and scored 22 tons. Under Rathour, in 28 Tests he scored 1588 runs at an average of 33 with only two tons. Under Dravid, Virat played around 22 matches, and scored only 1358 runs at an average of 36. For Rohit, it is 1522 runs in 21 Tests at an average of 43.
If Rahul Dravid Couldn’t, Who Can?
So, does that mean, Bangar coached the team better than Dravid and Rathour, or is it just the case of batsmen enjoying a purple patch during a period, and then struggling in the other? Yes, there certainly is a case; that Abhishek Nayar has not been able to work on the two batters’ glaring weaknesses, but how will Sitanshu Kotak counter them, is a question that the BCCI stakeholders need to ask.
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Indian batting in disarray: If Rahul Dravid couldn’t fix issues, how will Sitanshu Kotak? Inside Sport India.
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