BCCI aims to do away with foreign coaches to train Team India

Bangalore, May 1 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) aims to do away with foreign coaches to train players and in this regard it had already started working by entrusting the task to the National Cricket Academy to produce able Coachers.

NCA Director (Coaching) Lalchand Rajput, speaking at the inauguration of training programme for Under-17 players here, said "our aim was to do away with employing foreign coaches any further at right from level One, two and three, it was decided to provide training to the selected coaches".

"The NCA has even decided to come out with a Coaching Manual for coachers and draft copy of the Manual is ready and would be sent to the Board for approval", he added.

He said that "so far we were influenced by guidelines from foreign cricket playing countries in coaching but with our own Coaching Manual and coachers prepared we can have good coachers of our own." Stating that Coaching Coachers would be increased, he said that former top players and trainers have been identified. Besides, it was also decided to have Physios, trainers and other supporting staff from within the country.

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