Phogat further stated that for the past one year, the national team is in dire need of a foreign coach but nothing has happened on that front. While Srikanth’s tying-in-knots strokes have earned him fans from distant Asian corners, it’s his fo. ans to have dinner one evening, and how the crowd-friendly Olympic champion has promised to have dinner with them. ee decades while he also played a crucial role in India winning the junior World Cup last year. Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. nd coach Darren Lehmann admitted the players had been stung by the level of condemnation of the team’s performance. Alexander Ring gave Finland a good start when he struck home a beautiful free kick in the eighth minute. The first session had to be stopped and restarted only after the next two hours. SLAMS FOR SMASHES Badminton is keen on getting its circuit jazzed up, and though everything’s going quite smooth if you ask us, the sport wants to create tennis like Grand Slams. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes.