5 points from Ravi Shastri’s book of cricket coaching

#3 The Captain is the boss

Ravi Shastri has a great tuning with the Indian captain Virat Kohli

Shastri believes in the good old theory of letting the captain take centre-stage rather than imposing himself as the chief decision-maker, unlike a few other modern-day coaches who are trying to model cricket coaching on Football management. Cricket is a sport where instinctive decisions need to be taken by the captain on the field, therefore, the captain will always be the boss of the team.

A cricket coach is there to take the burden off the captain’s shoulders and that’s what Shastri is doing. Working on the mental aspect of the players, making them buy into the captain’s mentality, and explaining to them how the captain’s brand of cricket is the correct brand for the team, all to fetch long-term success.