Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes share his thoughts on Zaheer Khan joining LSG
'Aram se aram se...Zak is calm', former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes share his thoughts on Zaheer Khan joining LSG. He said that having someone like zak around, so in team meetings, selection meetings, meetings with owners you need calm heads because the tournament goes up and down from result point of view. Fortunately we have that support on and off the field its important to continue that.
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00:00I don't know. I'm not a funny guy, I don't think, but thanks Mohsen. I think Zac is somebody who
00:08brings a calm presence of mind. So yes, I can afford to crack a few jokes because
00:13I'm not the guy responsible for the results. In the field, I am. But at other times where
00:18maybe there's a bit of pressure on, I also try and identify with players who maybe just need a
00:24nudge and a wink and say, don't worry, it's fine, relax. And the point of view where having someone
00:31like Zac around, so team meetings, selection meetings, meetings with owners, you need calm
00:38heads because the tournament goes up and down from a result point of view. You need that
00:42consistency. And fortunately, we've had that support on and off the field. And it's important
00:46that you continue that because the team is no longer a brand new franchise. It's been around
00:51now and it now wants to start achieving. We've got to the playoffs and haven't yet got to the
00:56final. So there's going to be additional pressure on players and on management. And having someone
01:01like Zac there with his calm persona is great to have and his technical skills. I mean, he's going
01:06to be so useful in that environment. Well, according to Ricky Ponting, my friend,
01:10India's got no chance. So yeah, I don't know. Stay at home. Don't worry. Send the A-team.
01:15Sorry, Ricky.
01:19No, nothing. I mean, Australian conditions are not my condition. So speak to an Australian,
01:23not a South African. We're slightly different. I mean, the right to match, again, I'm not
01:28big involved in the auction set up. So it's not something that I give a lot of thought to. I don't
01:34lose any sleep over right to match, that's for sure. But retention and how many players you can
01:39have is obviously because you try and build a culture within a team as a coach. I mean,
01:43it's not just the coaching skills. You try and bring a team culture in.
01:46And when you're losing a good part of your team in the mega auctions, it's very tough to do that.
01:51So right to match for me is a case of, okay, can we retain more than just two or three or four
01:56players? Because that's how you build a team culture is by having quite a few. So from that
02:01point of view, I think I'm siding with the right to match thing. But with regards to the impact
02:08player, I think some teams have used it really, really well. What it has done is it's given young
02:14players with a little less experience, some opportunity with the bat or with the ball.
02:18Because if you're an all-rounder, when you're batting, you know, you've got an extra batter
02:22so that the guys can go hard. The young batter doesn't feel like they've got to produce the
02:27goods because they're almost playing with freedom. So I'm just worried about the role
02:32of the all-rounder because it's such an important role.