Kumble Supports Dhoni!

Indian Test Skipper Anil Kumble has come out openly and supported the ODI captain Dhoni's view that back-to-back matches are not good for players. The back-to-back game will definitely take a toll on players' bodies.

It's never easy to play back-to-back one-day games," Kumble told reporters when his reaction was sought on Dhoni's comments.

"I have done that it my (one-day) career. It's quite tough and demanding on the players", he said on the last day of a week-long camp here for Test specialists as part of the preparations for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour.

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Prasad and Robin Singh Stay!

The bowling coach and the fielding coach of the Indian Cricket Team has been retained for the forthcoming series against South Africa. It was said that the BCCI was not happy with them because they have signed IPL teams as coaches without consent from BCCI.

Venkatesh Prasad was retained after the improved performance in the bowling department during the down under series against Australia. He was signed by Vijay Mallya's Bangalore team and Robin Singh was signed by Hyderabad's team.

The speculation was that the new coach Gary Kirsten wanted his own men to support the Indian team in all the departments and BCCI was supporting the new coach. The post of the interim coach Lalchand Rajput is also under danger. It may be noted that this series of India against South Africa in India is the first official series for Gary Kisten as coach.

The official news is that, both Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh stay as bowling and fielding coach respectively.