Can Fletcher steer Team India to new heights?
|
Zimbabwe's Duncan Fletcher becomes the fourth foreign coach to be in-charge of Indian cricket team. He succeeds New Zealand's John Wright, Australia's Greg Chappell and South Africa's Gary Kirsten.
In this context, it is indeed interesting to peep into details of performance of Indian team in international cricket during the tenure of previous three foreign coaches as detailed hereunder:
John Wright (November, 2000 to April, 2005)
Particular | Matches | Won | Winning % |
Tests | 130 | 68 | 52.31 |
ODIs | 51 | 20 | 39.22 |
T20I | -- | -- | -- |
Total | 181 | 88 | 48.62 |
Greg Chappell (May, 2005 to April, 2007)
Particular | Matches | Won | Winning % |
Tests | 62 | 32 | 51.61 |
ODIs | 18 | 7 | 38.89 |
T20I | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
Total | 81 | 40 | 49.38 |
Gary Kirsten (July, 2008 to April, 2011)
Particular | Matches | Won | Winning % |
Tests | 93 | 59 | 63.44 |
ODIs | 33 | 16 | 48.48 |
T20I | 18 | 9 | 50.00 |
Total | 144 | 84 | 58.33 |
- My choice of captain would be me, says Dhoni Read 648 Times
- Junior wrestlers allege sexual harassment; SAI probes matter Read 639 Times
- Definitely want to serve Army after cricket: MS Dhoni Read 476 Times
- Garry Kasparov regrets leaving chess: Viswanathan Anand Read 346 Times
- ICC should've tried the Jayadevan method for a year Read 313 Times
