The Indian team has a lovely system – Sunil Gavaskar:
A team sport is all about bonhomie and building a positive atmosphere, and former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels that how former captain MS Dhoni and current skipper Virat Kohli handle the boys in the squad is just amazing and it is one of the reasons why the Indian team doing well.
“The Indian team has a beautiful method of rewarding their players, particularly during home matches. As most Indian cricket followers know, both teams fly in a special chartered flight from one location to the next during the Indian domestic international season.
The flight also carries the crew of the professional TV who have to fix the cables for the next match. Business-class seats are limited, so the teams ‘captains, coaches, so managers get these. It’s here that those Indian teams, who’ve performed well in their previous game, get to sit there as a prize, rather than behind the economy tier.
I Want To Say, I’ve Never Been More Proud Of A Team Than This One:
“Mahendra Singh Dhoni hardly ever sat on the flights in business class, even though he was the skipper, as he would rather sit with the true TV reporting stars, the cameramen and the sound engineers,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.
“Virat Kohli also sat in the economy class to provide his seat to the bowlers who had bowled India to a victory in the previous match. These are basic gestures but ii is creating team unity, that goes a long way.
In reality, Kohli has time and again proved how proud he feels to lead this squad. “I would like to say, I have never been more proud of a squad than this. In the last 12 months, we have been able to develop the culture.
Our transformation started here when I first became the captain. Simply a phrase I’m proud to claim. It is an opportunity and a pleasure to direct these players. They make the skipper look good, “he had said.
