The outbreak of the Corona Virus has halted all the sporting events. The cricketing calendar has suffered because of the same. With everyone stuck indoors, the cricketing fraternity has taken over the internet. Players coaches, pundits, everyone is has been proactive on social media to interact with their fans.  Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar interacted with Star Sports show Cricket Connected and the lockdown. During the same, Banger emphasized on the importance of trust between a player and his coach.

The 47-year-old also spoke on the need for a mental conditioning coach. He shares how they can help a player “confide his insecurities” without any worries.

Bangar said, “Basically, the coaches tend to double up as mental conditioning coaches primarily for the reason that they spend a lot of time with the players and number two is the trust that a player enjoys with a particular coach.”

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Bangar added, “It’s very important for a coach and player to form that sort of a relationship wherein the player can confide his insecurities with the coach and be rest assured that whatever has been conveyed to the coach or the innermost feelings of a player does not really go outside the two of them.”

Sanjay Bangar was a vital cog for the Indian coaching teams set up from 2014 to 2019. The West Indies tour was his last assignment with the Indian team. He was replaced by Vikram Rathour in September last year.

“I think trust is a major factor, it could be a mental conditioning coach, or it could be skill coach, in today’s time the skill coaches tend to double up as the mental conditioning coaches,” Bangar said.

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Bangar was the only coach whose contract not renewed by the BCCI last year. Head coach Ravi Shastri and fielding coach R Sridhar were reelected for their respective roles.  Since then, Sanjay Bangar has kept himself busy doing commentary.