Another great season and yet another remarkable result by the famed and the incredible Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Who can possibly forget the starry night of May 31, that happened most recently?
The great Andy Flower, who happens to be still continuing in the role of the head coach of the RCB, has attributed a lot of success of the team that just won its second title in the famed Indian Premier League to its richly talented collection of Indian back room staff. The former Zimbabwean cricketer and truth be told, one of the greats of their game and a standout star of the Nineties (one who excelled with both bat and the gloves for Zim) has credited the enormous support and constant efforts put in by a collection of eclectic talents that played its own part in RCB lifting another decorated IPL title.
Andy Flower has attributed a large chunk of RCB's success to their Indian backroom staff 🙌 pic.twitter.com/s1Kf2U1KFp
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Therefore, it’s not just the great batting displays, whether it’s from the bat of Rachit Patidar, Virat Kohli, Tim David, Phil salt or the others and not even single early the great bowling displayed by the amazing Bhubaneswar Kumar, that helped RCB retain their title and therefore, win a second time; it’s the tremendous support that the entire support staff put in for the team that stood out in the end.
The following is what Andy Flower happened to share-
The Indian coaches have also been absolutely crucial to the success. Omkar Salvi has been great. Malolan Rangarajan has been absolutely crucial to our decision making processes. DK (Dinesh Karthik is a different kettle of fish altogether- full of energy, full of ideas. He is great to have around. So it’s a proper team effort.
That being said- the following are some of the key specialists in the RCB team and some key principles associated with different types of roles and responsibilities:
Dinesh Karthik functions as Batting Coach / Mentor
Omkar Salvi functions as Bowling Coach
Malolan Rangarajan functions as Head of Scouting and fielding coach
Basu Shanker functions as Assistant Coach/ Fielding Lead
James Pipe functions as Physiotherapist
Navnita Gautam functions as Sports Massage Therapist
