Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar was the surprise inclusion in Indian U19 squad for Sri Lanka tour. However, team’s new bowling coach Sanath Kumar said that Arjun will be like any other member of the team.
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Sanath will be the new bowling coach who will replace Paras Mhambrey as the latter is on India A duty in England.
“I don’t know about that as it’s not my area of concern but as a coach, all the boys are equal for me. For me, Arjun is no different from other kids. My job is to bring the best out of each and every one of them,” Kumar said.
Kumar has allready coached the state team of Assam and Andhra Pradesh. He will be on his second tenure with the national team
“I worked as a coach with Indian women’s team in 2008 during their tour of England. This time I am contracted to work till the end of the U-19 Asia Cup in Bangladesh in October,” Kumar informed.
The coach also asserted that he will be focus on the strategic part of the boys.
“Look, in a short span of time, you can’t really work a lot on the technical aspect as they will be playing matches. I would like to focus more on strategic part. Would like to prepare the boys for match situations with simulations,” he said.
“For any fast bowler, the more he can land the ball on the seam, the more effective he can be. So landing the ball on the seam and how to use the crease, bowling closer to the stumps are certain aspects I would like to focus during the camp,” Kumar said.
