As Tamil Nadu prepares for the upcoming home season, beginning with the Buchi Babu invitational event subsequent week, the aspect has a contemporary backroom workers for this yr. Aside from the teaching set-up headed by former India pacer L. Balaji, there’s additionally a brand new choice panel led by former TN cricketer Ok. Shri Vasudeva Das, alongside Rahil Shah, R. Srinivasan, and Suresh Kumar.
Within the 2023-24 season, TN reached the semifinals of the Ranji Trophy for the primary time in 5 years, dropping to eventual champions Mumbai. In a chat with Sportstar, chairman Vasudeva Das stated that the brand new panel will concentrate on constructing on that to take the workforce to the following step.
“Final yr, we did nicely and are heading in the right direction. So, we simply wish to proceed that with out attempting to alter many issues. We have now ample expertise, and it’s about backing them. I would love the senior established gamers to take extra onus for the TN workforce’s trigger,” stated Vasudeva Das on his workforce’s plans for the 2024-25 season.
Considerably, he additionally headed the junior choice committee for the final three years and has a good suggestion of the expertise pool ready within the wings.
A few of these children who’ve achieved nicely in age-group cricket have been chosen for the Buchi Babu event, and the chairman feels it is a wonderful alternative for them to make the most of it. “This event permits us to check our bench energy, and it’s now as much as the kids to swim within the deep finish. We wish to concentrate on consistency from the gamers and the workforce,” he stated.
When requested if there are particular slots that the panel needs to concentrate on within the Buchi Babu event, Vasudeva Das stated, “We do have some concepts, and it’s at all times good to have a pool of quick bowlers or spinners. However we have to work on methods in response to our strengths and maximise it.”