"With All Due Respect To Rahul..." Harbhajan Singh Wants This Former India Cricketer To Coach T20I Side
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Harbhajan Singh also backed the idea of going forward with different players for different formats.
Harbhajan Singh feels someone like Ashish Nehra must be part of India's T20 coaching setup as he knows the shortest format perhaps better than current head coach Rahul Dravid. Nehra retired from the game in 2017 and earlier this year coached Gujarat Titans to the title on their IPL debut. "In T20 format you can have someone like Ashish Nehra who recently retired from the game. He knows this better than, with all due respect to Rahul, we have played together for so many years, he has vast knowledge but this is a tricky format.
"Someone who has played the game more recently is better suited for the coaching job in T20s. I am not saying you remove Rahul from T20. Ashish and Rahul can work together to build this team for the 2024 World Cup," Harbhajan told PTI.
The spin great is part of the Delhi Bulls squad which features in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.
England's T20 World Cup triumph has intensified the debate on split coaching and picking different players for different formats.
"With such an arrangement, it is easy for Rahul as well who can take a break as well like he did for New Zealand tour and Ashish can do the job in his absence," he said.