Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir believes it is not important for an individual to have a lot of international experience in order to become a successful cricket coach. (More Cricket News)
According to former India opener Gautam Gambhir, experience matters when it comes to selectors but not necessarily for cricket coaches
Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir believes it is not important for an individual to have a lot of international experience in order to become a successful cricket coach. (More Cricket News)
According to Gambhir, experience matters when it comes to selectors but not for coaches.
"It's not important that you have played a lot of cricket, for you to be a very successful coach - probably, that's right for a selector, but not for a coach," Gambhir said on Star Sports Cricket Connected show.
"It is really not true that someone who hasn't played international cricket or who hasn't played enough cricket, can't become a successful coach," he added.
Gambhir, who is now a politician, believes teams can have a different batting coach for the T20 format.
"Probably you can just have a different T20 batting coach, just for that particular format."
According to the 2011 World Cup, the role of a coach is to free the mind of a cricketer and help a batsman be clear in his thought process.
"What ultimately a coach does in a T20 format is he frees your mindset and feeds your mindset and make you hit those goals and those big shots," said Gambhir.
"No one teaches you how to hit a lap shot or a reverse lap shot, no coach can do that. If someone is trying to do that to a player, he is harming him more than actually making him a better player," he added.