The appointment of the West Indian born former Indian All-rounder Rabindra Ramnarayan Singh aka Robin Singh as the Coach of the USA Under-19 team, is the only positive move made by the USACA in the past several months.
With the CEO position of USACA yet to be filled up, I am surprised that President Dainty found time to finalize a coach for the Under-19 side. Dainty may have just pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
Robin Singh has got lot of experience as a coach and an ideal person to coach the young Under-19 side. Robin has coached the Indian Juniors and India ‘A’ squads in the past. He also served as the Fielding Coach for the Indian side for 2 years and is currently the Coach of the Sachin Tendulkar led Mumbai Indian’s side in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
He has got a lot to offer as an experienced coach and as a former International Cricketer. His links with the West Indies and India will surely help him in understanding the minds of Cricketers who have migrated into USA from these countries.
Having experienced himself, Robin knows how one can perform in the top level by understanding ones limitations. Robin, as we all know, is not of the flamboyant all-rounder category. He was a fighter and work horse who kept on doing the job for India, as a cricketer, by fully understanding his limitations and playing to his strengths.
Under his guidance as a coach the Indian Under-19 side and the ‘A’ side performed extremely well in the International cricket. The Mumbai Indians have been consistent under his coaching in the IPL and had reached the Finals, last year.
Robin believes in hard work and is surely going to push our Cricketers a lot. He has experience in identifying players and bringing out the best in them. The decision to send Cameron Mirza as opener in the first game is an example to this.
There is a talk that Robin might also be assigned the job of coaching the USA team. For now, Dainty seems to be obsessed with his new staff and his willing to support whatever additional role Robin might be interested in taking up for the cause of USA Cricket.
Luck always plays a major role in any field for any assignment. It seems the Lady Luck has embraced Robin in his very first assignment. Within days after appointment as the coach for the USA Under-19 Team, the Robin coached USA Under-19 Team came victorious in the ICC Americas U-19 Championship with a 5-0 win record.
A Positive move by the Board and a positive performance by the Team. Robin has started with a winning note and we wish him the very best and hope he Coaches even our senior side and help USA Cricket perform consistently in the International arena.
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