Team missing bowling and fielding coaches: Dhoni

Mumbai, Jan 1 (PTI) Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni Friday said the team is missing bowling and fielding
coaches, resulting in an increased workload for chief coach
Gary Kirsten.
Talking to reporters on the eve of the team's departure
for the tri-series in Bangladesh, Dhoni said Kirsten had his
plate full and the team was indeed missing bowling and
fielding coaches.
"To some extent, it does (affect the team). You need
specialist coach to get the best out of the players. Gary
looks after so many things. He has all those team meetings,
talking to batsmen, bowlers and then working out strategies.
He has a lot on his plate," Dhoni said.
"It does help to have specialist bowling and fielding
coaches for the bowlers and fielders. But that's the way it
and it's now an administrative issue," he said.
Both the posts are lying vacant since Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI) sacked bowling coach Venkatesh
Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh in October after the
team fared badly in the Twenty20 World Cup in England and the
Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Even though BCCI roped in Australian Mike Young for a
short stint during the recent Twenty20 and ODI series against
Sri Lanka, the team is now again without a fielding coach.
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