The Indian women’s cricket team seems to be dissatisfied with their coach Tushar Arothe, as some of the youngsters of the team alleged that coach is interfering a lot in on-field decisions and that’s one of the reasons. A couple of representatives of the women’s team also had a chat with BCCI officials on Wednesday, pleading that Arothe’s attitude wasn’t allowing the youngsters to take decisions.
One of the sources of Indian Express in BCCI said, “The matter has gone out of hand and that is why a few players approached us. We will see what can be done in this case as there are some serious allegations. The players had also approached the women’s senior selection committee, who too had a meeting with BCCI officials on Wednesday. Players and selectors don’t want Arothe to continue as the Indian women’s team coach.”
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Last week, the Indian women’s team lost the final of the Women’s Asia Cup final to Bangladesh, who clinched their maiden title.
Sources also added that players are unhappy that the coach had been rigorous and captain Harmanpreet Kaur couldn’t able to have her say in selecting the final team. The situation got desperate soon after bowlers were instructed to bowl according to directions from Arothe, which got confusing for the players. During an Asia Cup game, bowlers were forced to bowl negative lines even while the Bangladesh batters kept sweeping. While back in the nets, there was no proper planning for daily practice schedules, according to the list of complaints communicated to the BCCI. Players alleged that the practice sessions were not monitored by anyone there was no one to monitor how much time one batter got in the nets and very little communication from the support staff.
The Indian team was to have a camp in Bengaluru from June 15–25 before flying out to Sri Lanka. However, BCCI officials have informed players and support staff that they should head home for a week’s rest after BCCI’s annual awards.
BCCI and the Committee of Administrators (CoA) felt the players are in dying need of a rest at this moment rather than back-to-back camps. BCCI, meanwhile, will try to deal with the Arothe issue.
