{"id":11631,"date":"2012-11-15T07:04:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11631"},"modified":"2012-11-15T07:04:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T07:04:29","slug":"i-think-coach-duncan-fletchers-reputation-is-on-the-line-rahul-dravid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11631","title":{"rendered":"I think coach Duncan Fletcher\u2019s reputation is on the line: Rahul Dravid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Indian captain and legendary batsman Rahul Dravid believes that coach Duncan Fletcher has a lot to offer and should be given more power in team selection to prosper as coach, says a report in <strong>The Times of India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Duncan has a lot of strength as a coach. He connects well with a lot of players and works quite well with them. But, in some ways, the scope or power that he has to make decisions or to make selections has been a little limited,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of these people do have the maturity to be able to understand that when players come to them with a problem, they don&#8217;t necessarily use that as a way to drop someone. But also the coach sees players from such close quarters, he understands players. So I think he must have a say,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think his reputation is on the line as well. I think, knowing someone like him, he would want to get more involved and have a say in where his own career and his own reputation is headed,&#8221; Dravid said.<\/p>\n<p>On the role Fletcher can play to help the new-look Indian middle-order, Dravid said, \u201cHe&#8217;s seen a lot of players &#8230; who&#8217;s a better middle-order player among Manoj Tiwary, an Ajinkya Rahane or a Shikhar Dhawan or Murali Vijay? At least, to have an opinion, an informed opinion by actually coming and watching some games. The fact that he didn&#8217;t come and didn&#8217;t attend the selection committee meeting tells you that maybe that&#8217;s not in his scope of work, he doesn&#8217;t have those powers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <strong>Mid Day<\/strong> reports that Dravid has has backed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to retain his captaincy but felt the selectors can, in the near future, consider reducing the current India skipper&#8217;s workload.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom his own personal point of view, you also want to see the best of Dhoni as a player. He has a lot to contribute as a batsman and wicketkeeper and we want to see the best of that,&#8221; Dravid said. 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