It’s far tighter this year, with Hamilton winning five races to Vettel’s four. “The role of the coach is not what it used to be during our playing days. France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. The three leading teams all avoid each other in Monday’s games, when Poland can reassert itself with a home game against the last-place Kazakhs. He submitted his report to the sports ministry in which he has highlighted two key aspects. It was Edmund, however, who grabbed the early break to charge in front 3-0 on his way to taking the opening set. We have to train for it with that intensity and seriousness,” the 2010 World Championship gold medallist told The Indian Express. “I was close to a medal in Rio and I had beaten the medal winners earlier. One of the members of the Cricket Affairs Committee told The Indian Express that they did not feel the need to consult Gambhir before retaining Bhaskar as the coach. How he develops a working relationship with Gautam Gambhir — the team’s senior-most player— would be crucial to the team’s fortunes.