AdvertisingA couple of years ago, Prashant Vaidya walked into the wedding arena of Dilip Vengsarkar’s daughter with one aim: to convince Chandrakant Pandit to coach Vidarbha. Vaidya, who is the vice-president of Vidarbha Cricket Association, knew Pandit would be the ideal man to change Vidarbha’s fortunes. Vaidya also knew the only downside of Pandit- that some players might not like his hard style initially and it might lead to a few disagreements. In his mind, the Vidarbha players were ready for such treatment. Fines are kept for those who even walk in ten seconds late, or those who wear different team clothes.

Source: Indian Express February 07, 2019 19:04 UTC