Former fielding coach Sridhar said – there were differences with Shastri and Bharat Arun, for the best result

Team India Former Fielding Coach R Sridhar: Terming the seven years spent in the Indian dressing room as the “best moment of his life”, former fielding coach R Sridhar said the team’s “bad performance” during coaching is indeed a “wonderful opportunity for coaching”. Sridhar was an integral part of the Indian team India’s coaching system headed by Ravi Shastri. The coach, who was instrumental in improving the team’s fielding level, said of the poor performances in Adelaide (all out for 36 against Australia) and Leeds (all out for 78), “It was a great learning opportunity.” As a coach, a bad day is a great coaching opportunity for me.

“By coaching opportunities, I mean understanding the players, building good relationships with them, giving them the opportunity to train technically and mentally when needed. This gives you an idea about the player and the team. Basically your behavior on bad days tells your personality.

Did Shastri and Bharat have differences with Arun?

When asked whether he had differences with the then head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharat Arun, Sridhar said that differences are important for the best outcome or decision. The player, who was the fielding coach of the Indian team for seven years, said, ‘I believe that it is necessary to have differences among all the coaches to reach the best conclusion. We always had differences whether it was me, Ravi Bhai (Shastri), Bharat sir, or first Sanjay (Bangad) and then Vikram (Rathod). But we were all working towards the same goal. Sometimes two people agree in this, sometimes it does not happen. After discussing different points of view of the issue, we take the same decisions which are best for Indian cricket. We have never felt that our views have been rejected.

He praised head coach Shastri and said, ‘You can give suggestions related to the game to Ravi Bhai (Shastri) anytime and he will not reject it. He has leadership qualities and excellent human management skills. He has the ability to get the board to take any decision in the interest of the team. His stature was huge and he understood the mentality of the players very well.

Regarding adjusting to the big players of the team, he said, ‘For me all players are the same. None of our players have arrogance and are simple, down to earth people. If you communicate with them then there will be no problem. They welcome suggestions and want to discuss the strategy of the game.

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