Shastri is a positive coach: Saha

The 55-year old former India captain was earlier the manager during 2007 tour of Bangladesh and then team director from 2014 August to 2016 June during which India won an overseas Test series versus Sri Lanka, reached the semi-finals of 2015 World Cup and World T20 semi-finals in 2016. “He is a very positive coach. When he was team director, he always used to tell us to back our strengths and not be defensive,” Saha, an integral part of the Test team, said before leaving for Sri Lanka. 

Asked if the change of hands will bother him when he enters the dressing room, Saha said: “Whether it’s Ravi bhai or Anil bhai, both will want the team to do well. We also want that as players. Now every coach has it own way of giving inputs. That is to be seen. Our job is to perform on the field. I don’t think changing of coaches will make much of a difference,” the 32-year old stumper said.