T20 World Cup: After the T20 World Cup, a lot of changes are being seen in the Indian cricket team. While Hardik Pandya was made the captain for the T20 series in place of Rohit Sharma, VV Laxman replaced Rahul Dravid as the coach. Now another big step has been taken by BCCI. After the defeat of BCCI Team India, they are in constant action mood. BCCI’s one decision after another has surprised everyone.
Joined the team before the World Cup
Something similar has happened once again. In fact, the board has now decided to terminate the contract of the team’s mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton. Let us tell you that Upton was associated with the Indian team before the World Cup and he had a contract with the board till the tournament.
After which now the board has decided not to extend his contract. At the same time, the Indian team is soon going to leave for Bangladesh for the ODI and Test series. Let us tell you that Upton was linked with the Indian team in July when Team India head coach Rahul Dravid demanded a mental conditioning coach. He started working with Team India with India’s tour of West Indies, but he was also criticized a lot during Team India’s defeat in the World Cup. For information, let us tell you that before refusing to extend Upton’s contract, the board took another big decision by removing the selection committee and the board showed the way out to many people including chief selector Chetan Sharma.
Team India was made the world champion
Even though Team India performed poorly in the World Cup 2022, Upton has also made Team India the champion. Although Upton’s second stint with the Indian team did not go well, his first stint was quite successful. Between 2008 and 2011, Upton worked with the Indian team and was also a part of the 2011 World Cup winning team. Let us tell you that 53-year-old Upton was selected by the coach of the team, Gary Kirsten himself. Apart from this, Upton and Dravid have also worked together as coaching staff for Rajasthan Royals.
Source: newstrack.com”