Coach Fletcher agrees Indian team should play more Cricket

Kolkata: Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher has jumped in support of BCCI President N Srinivasan in lashing out at critics who complain about 'too much cricket' being played by the Indian team, and the effect it has on Indian team's performance. Coach Fletcher was speaking at a press conference after Indian ODI victory against England at the Eden Gardens, and praised the team after the 5-0 series whitewash. N.Srinivasan had earlier cited India's unassailable 3-0 lead against England to rubbish the complaint a few days ago.

"The team should play more cricket, which gives opportunities to younger players like Ajinkya Rahane and Varun Aaron to display their talent at the highest level. Look at the 10 test playing nations today, they all played cricket today with 5 ongoing cricket series going on simultaneously. The people across the world want entertainment, and it is our duty as entertainers to keep them happy. We have customers to please." - pointed Fletcher. It may be noted that Fletcher had a massage parlor in Zimbabwe before Hyper-Inflation during the Robert Mugabe regime forced him to look for other career options. The massage parlor business also carried the slogan 'We have customers to please'.

He further added that after people do not want Sehwag to sell cement or Harbhajan to sell Royal Stag whiskey, and the crowd would rather want them to perform on field all year long. "Harbhajan has been dropped because he started drinking too much Royal Stag, which would get worse whenever his girlfriend asked - Have you made it large? This is what happens when you focus too much on endorsing the brands, and it starts having a psychological impact. The advice I give to all younger players is to leave the selling to salesgirls, and focus on the game if they really want to make it large. Don't worry about the money. BCCI can introduce more concepts like the IPL."

When probed by media-persons about special plans on Diwali, particularly after the emphatic series win, he wished the country a very happy Diwali and added that they are planning to hold the celebrations till the only T-20 encounter against England on 29th October, which also happens to be the birthday of Varun Aaron, the pacer from Jharkhand whose full name is Varun Raymond Aaron David Weatherall, but has fondly been rechristened as 'Ra.One' in the Indian dressing room. "We are planning to have a party on Saturday, and Harbhajan Singh has graciously agreed to come down and perform on Chammak Challo" - he remarked. When asked whether there are plans to fly some of the massage girls from Zimbabwe for the party, he refused to comment.