The veteran South African batter AB de Villiers has disclosed that there was a major lack of fine bond between the previous Proteas captain-coach duo of Graeme Smith and Ray Jennings.
He talked about that the communication between the 2 was very much less and after they did work together, it continuously resulted in disagreements. This used to create a unfavorable environment inside the South African group’s dressing room.
Jennings was the coach of the South African group for a really quick interval between 2004-05. Smith grew to become the captain of South African in 2003 and he captained Africa for nearly a decade.
De Villiers shared this perception about Jennings and Smith whereas speaking on the occasion the place the appointment of Andy Flower as the brand new head coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore was being achieved. Flower’s appointment will convey him again along with Faf du Plessis who’s the captain of the Bangalore group within the IPL. Faf Du Plessis and Andy Flower labored collectively for Sant Lucia Kings in 2021.
Whereas sharing his views on this, the previous South African legend mentioned,“I noticed Andy Flower really posting about eager to work with Faf and being very excited to work with him. It’s at all times a great factor. When the coach and captain work rather well collectively, it feeds off into the group. It’s actually essential for the gamers to really feel the belief, really feel that the captain and the coach are on the identical ship, heading in the identical course.”
He additional added,“I’ve performed in groups earlier than … Ray Jennings, when Graeme Smith was once captain, the 2 of them actually didn’t communicate to one another. Once they did, they have been combating. It was actually attention-grabbing. I gained’t say it actually affected the group. We type of interacted extra with Graeme.”
“Though I had loved Ray’s strategy of teaching a lot, Graeme was a part of the boys and within the group. However the two of them didn’t discuss, and it was a really attention-grabbing dynamic again within the day,” De Villiers continued.