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Tendulkar was unhappy when I joined the team, claims coach who made India champion

India won the World Cup in 2011. Since then India’s wait continues till now. Then the captain of Team India was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. While former South African batsman Gary Kirsten was the coach of Team India. The coach who made India the world champion after almost 12 years shared his experience with Team India. It was Gary Kirsten under whose leadership India became the number one team in ODIs and Tests. In a podcast, Gary Kirsten said that when he became the coach of Team India in 2007, the atmosphere in the dressing room was not very good. Sachin Tendulkar was also unhappy. However, then Sachin supported him. Along with this, he said that after taking over the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a gradual change started.

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Sharing his experience, Gary Kirsten also said that he was associated with Team India at a time when the Great Chappell episode happened. There was a sense of despair in the team. Many veteran players were sad. Team India was in a bad condition in the 2007 World Cup. At that time there was an atmosphere of fear in the team. Nobody was happy. Sachin Tendulkar was thinking of taking retirement. After this Gary Kirsten told that I thought it necessary to talk to him and realized that your team needs a lot. The coach, popularly known as Guru Gary, said that I had to make India the champion. I started working on it. For me as a coach, the first priority was to get a good leadership in the team.
 

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Along with this, he has also said that it was also important for me to know each player personally and understand what they think and how they can enjoy the game. Gary Kirsten admitted that there were many big changes in Team India after Dhoni became the captain. At that time superstar culture dominated in India. Many times players used to forget that their job is to perform for the team and not to achieve personal achievements and this was what set Dhoni apart from the rest. Dhoni emerged as a leader. His focus remained on the performance of the team and that was the reason why he managed to win many trophies. He used to speak very openly. He used to bring other players in the comfort zone. This was the reason that even a player like Tendulkar started enjoying his game.

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