Sandeep Patil feels that “Since 2000, India have had an array of international coaches and support staff. This has paid rich dividends because India’s overseas record has improved steadily. It all started with John Wright becoming India’s first foreign coach .
“I think John was the ideal coach for India. He was soft spoken,polite, well-mannered, always kept to himself, and was happy to be in Sourav Ganguly’s shadow.
“In addition to all that, he kept a distance from the Press. He managed that so well, that he was hardly in the news — unlike what happened in the Greg Chappell years,” Patil wrote in his book.
“With Chappell, he was in the news every day. It is very important for a coach to first understand the policy of that particular board, the thinking of the board members, and the President.
