Published 16:32 IST, May 22nd 2020

Sanjay Bangar counters Yuvi, says no int'l experience needed for being a successful coach

Former batting coach Sanjay Bangar countered veteran all-rounder and said that no international experience is needed in order to become a successful coach

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Sanjay Bangar does t disagree with veteran all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's comments about a player needing a tremendous amount of international cricketing experience in order to become a successful coach. Earlier, Yuvi's former Indian team-mate and good friend Gautam Gambhir had also disagreed with ex-middle-order batsman's statement.

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'Maybe players who have...': Sanjay Bangar

It so happened that during a recent Instagram live session, Yuvi had gone on to say that even though Vikram Rathour is his friend, he did t reckon that ex-batsman could help players of this T20 generation and also asked wher former opener has played cricket at level to help m. Meanwhile, former Team India all-rounder Sanjay Bangar came forward and said that maybe players who have played at a very elite level may t understand what players of aver ability are going through and one thing that is being taught during coaching education is that one needs to delink from ir past. former batting coach also mentioned that basically one cant coach way that person has played game. Bangar was quoted saying this by a news channel.

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'It's t important': Gautam Gambhir

Earlier, Yuvraj's T20 World Cup 2007 as well as 2011 World Cup-winning team member Gautam Gambhir had also countered ex-all-rounder as he went on to say it is t important that one has played a lot of cricket in order to be a very successful coach. southpaw also mentioned that this point can be taken into consideration probably in case of a selector but t a coach.

2011 World Cup winner also added that probably one can just have a different T20 batting coach i.e. just for that particular format. At that same time, ex-swashbuckling batsman also opined it is really t true that someone who has t played international cricket or who has t played eugh cricket cant become a successful coach. Gambhir had said this on a Star Sports show named 'Cricket Connected'.

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16:32 IST, May 22nd 2020