According to reliable sources, there are not everything fine with team India’s dressing room, as the players and the head coach Anil Kumble seems in a state of a cold war. It has learnt that some Indian cricketers are up in arms over the former leg-spinner’s “overbearing attitude”. It also revealed that the players had even taken their grouse to the Committee of Administrators (CoA).
Skipper Virat Kohli and other senior players were unhappy with Kumble due to the fact that “he was a hard task-master”. The report goes on to quote sources as saying that the “players were happier with Ravi Shastri’s style of working.” and this could become one of the main reasons for him not continuing after his tenure ends on June 18.
Whether there is any truth to the reports remains to be seen, but the timing of the leaks to the media do not bode well for the chances of the Indian team retaining their Champions Trophy title this time around. The Men in Blue, having won the last edition in 2013, are heavy favourites to clinch the title this time around too.
