00:00I think it is great to be back on the ground. I have done bit of coaching with MIM Reds and I have done my level 2 coaching course also.
00:10So obviously there was always a desire to coach an IPL side and to coach any side.
00:17And when this offer came in, obviously there was a lot of excitement.
00:21And other thing was, since I have played for lot of franchises, lot of cities but never represented my own state where I have played cricket for 15-20 years, that was Gujarat.
00:32So now coming back to home team and getting this opportunity was very grateful and now I am looking forward to the coaching role as well.
00:40So commentary is not going anywhere. I will still be commentating after the 2 months of IPL.
00:47So I am someone who actually likes looking at numbers. I like someone who likes to look at videos and make my own notes.
00:54So that I can represent my thoughts with the player if someone is coming and asking me about what a certain bowler is doing.
01:03So I have my own notes. I do look at data but it is very subjective. I don't force data on anyone.
01:10It depends on the player how they are thinking it. It is about accommodating player's need.
01:16But I have to, as a coach, I have to make sure I am ready with everything and that's how I look at it.
01:21So every coach has a different way of working it. This is how I keep myself ready.
01:26And if player needs it, I should be ready with my homework and my notes.
01:31So obviously we have had couple of camps before coming to Ahmedabad.
01:35We had 5-day camp twice in Surat. We have had great facilities there.
01:40So obviously everyone worked really hard there.
01:43The batting, as you talked about batting, everyone has batted enough balls.
01:47There has been lot of volume in terms of hitting the cricket ball and that's what all the players have done.
01:53And in Ahmedabad, we got together. We started training from 10th and played couple of practice matches also.
02:02Obviously we have been very conscious about not letting too many things out in social media.
02:09But I think we are very well prepared and we are ready to take this IPL.
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