Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: The fancy name is Center of Excellence or COE. However, those who keep abreast of the pot of Indian cricket, say that Bangalore’s COE is actually a laboratory and a factory at the same time. Where the familiar weapons of Indian cricket are honed. Besides, the project of launching new missiles at 22 yards is also carried out with emerging talents. All according to routine. science based Involved in modern thinking.

The COE is currently preparing for new weapons. The weapon that would become the brahmastra of the national team in red ball cricket. Test cricket will change India’s recent tarnished image and fly a colorful, glittering flag. And a Bengal child was heavily involved in the design of making that weapon. Former Bengal offspinner Saurashis Lahiri.

The recent performance of the Indian team in Test cricket is shameful. Whitewash near New Zealand on the country’s soil. A humiliating series loss at home to South Africa. Spin, which was once the bane of the Indian team’s bowling department, is now a blunt weapon. Instead, the opponent spinners are turning the baton. And since Ashwin’s retirement, the Indian team has had more trouble with the spin bowling attack in Tests. On top of that, a five-match Test series against Australia at home in January next year. It can be said from now that the opportunity to play the WTC final in front of India in the 2025-2027 Test Championship circuit can only come if Australia can be defeated on home soil. Australia tops the World Test Championship points table. India is number five. The Australia series is therefore very important to Team India. And Gautam Gambhir, the coach of the Indian team, has already sat down to design that series.

India played against South Africa as the last strong opponent in Tests on the country’s soil. Lost the series 2-0. Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Akshar Patel played as spinners in that series. Washington and Akshar could do nothing with the ball. Jadeja and Kuldeep have also suffered from a lack of consistency. On top of that, Jaddu will be 38 years old at the time of the Australia series. Indian team Seeking to develop alternative weapons. Red ball cricket is looking for one or two good sized wristspinners. Those who can play on the wrist.

And that work started at COE. The emerging tournament was held with promising players in red ball cricket. India team won the 4-team tournament. Sourashis was one of the coaches of the team. Who was not deemed eligible by his own state cricket body. He was sacked from the post of coach of the Bengal U-19 team. There was no less controversy about it.

The Indian Cricket Board gave Sourashis a big responsibility. The champions of the emerging tournament under the leadership of Uday Saharan were the team under the training of Sourashis. Bipraj Nigam, a 21-year-old legspinner from Uttar Pradesh, played for that team. Ranji TrophyTeo soon caught the eye. IPLHe played for Delhi Capitals. Bipraj’s bat is also good. Bader is a young leg-spinner in the Indian Test team. He also has the ability to fulfill Gambhir’s needs.

In addition, left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai, who took 224 wickets in 47 matches for Gujarat, off-spinner Mahesh Pithia, who took 97 wickets in 24 matches for Vadodara, and leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari are among the contenders for the spin quota in India’s Test team. All in all, these young, promising guys have the ability to quickly turn around the miserable face of the Indian Test team, with sure guru Sourashis included.

On the day the tournament ended, Sourashis told ABP Live Bangla from Bengaluru, ‘In red ball cricket, India may not have played as expected in a few series. But the Indian Cricket Board adheres to such a scientific, sophisticated way of thinking, such a professional approach is followed in the COE, that the picture of the Test team is bound to change rapidly. Great to see a bunch of really talented guys in the emerging tournament too. Most importantly, the atmosphere is different. COE chief VVS Laxman, along with senior and junior national selectors, a bunch of experienced coaches, all made for a great tournament. The Indian board is giving extra emphasis on red ball cricket. The national team will soon turn around in this format as well. That work has also started.’

India has started dreaming of a new dawn in red ball cricket. One of the peddlers of that dream is also a coach of Bengal.