India must execute their plans against Bangladesh: Glenn McGrath

Chennai Australian pace great Glenn McGrath today said that Indian team would need to execute their plans properly during their oneoff Test match against Bangladeshstarting in Fatullah on WednesdayGlenn McGrath PicPTIThere is only one test and they need to play like any other test When you play in a test series you think about the next test You do not think about the second or third test here McGrath said They Indians must have prepared themselves for the single test and they need to execute their plans It is just another test match said McGrath who is currently the coaching director of the MRF Pace Foundation hereThe Bangladesh tour which also features three ODIs will see Ravi Shastri once again donning the role of Team Director The former India captain has said India doesnt need a head coach now and he might fill up the role if needed Asked to define the role of a chief coach and a team director McGrath said I do not know what Ravi is doing is different to what a team coach will do I do not know what the job description is for Ravi If he is not then I do not know againTalking about the ongoing series of Australia and England against the West Indies and New Zealand respectively he said I think the way the Australians are playing they can win 100 If England want to be competitive they have to really lift themselves On his objectives for MRF Academy McGrath said For me personally we are only giving the facility for the spinners to use and they have their own spin coach here and he is working with themTroy Cooley Australias National Cricket Centre head coach has brought in fast bowlers for training at the Academy In order to have few games here he has broughtcouple of batsmen and bowlers including spinners here I will work with the boys of the Academy and the junior fast bowlers from Australia and BCCI is sending couple of boys for training here till June 20 We still focus on the fast bowlers I cannot teach on how to play against spinAsked about Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc who was awarded Man of the Tournament in the 2015 World Cup McGrath said He always had the potential and bowl at 150kmph left armer and swings the ball He is a one day player and knows the one day well very well He can bowl with new ball and take couple of wickets andcome back with the older ball and bowl good yorkers that not many bowlers in world cricket can do perhaps excepting Malinga and no one else He bowls such good yorkers in one day gamesStill he can bowl well in test too I think the confidence that he has got in onedayers he has carried it to the tests too World cups one day games and T20 games suit his type of bowlers Emphasizing on yorkers McGrath said I do not think that the bowlers practice enough at the nets If you are practicing to bowl yorkers at the nets you need to bowl behind the line If you are bowling no balls you are practicing the wrong wayEven if you are bowling good yorkers in the nets you going over the front line and if you do not practice at the nets you cannot straightaway bowl your length in a competitive game he added Heaping praise on the budding young bowlers at the MRF Academy McGrath said I can bet that every one of the boys from MRF Academy is good I had already mentioned Varon and Ishwar and hopefully they get more opportunitiesAshwin Christ is coming up well He always had the potential and now he has started thinking about himself as to what he could do in a game That is what you want the bowlers to do They have to think for themselves and set plans and execute them On ICC rule of having one more fielder during powerplay and allowing one more bouncer the 45yearold said Probably if you got one more fielder when the power play is up obviously then you can protect one portion of the fieldSome batsmen look at the short ball as a scoring option Again it depends on the bowler He should know what fields that he requires It is something that a bowler needs to show more perfection that can work in his favour he added Cooley said Shastri may walk into the job of chief coach of the Indian cricket team I think the relationship between the captain and coach is necessary as he cannot talk to 10 peopleThe captain leads the players and works with the coach When it comes to decision making final call is taken by the captain and the coach I am led to believe that Ravi would walk into that spot chief coach and it is my take I do not know he would be still the head coach In a team a coach head coach and captain is the common thing in a team Otherwise there will be confusion said Cooley who earlier worked as bowling coach of England teamI had always supported somebody in charge Ravi is still incharge and he is bringing his counsel around him until you find another coach If you need leadership you should have somebody in charge In Australia we love great champions coming back he added Asked if India should play its full strength team againstBangladesh Cooley said I am always for giving young players the opportunityOf course Bangladesh would be a great opportunity for young players in Indian team On the objective of his visit to Chennai he said We have a great relationship between the two countries and we have BorderGavaskar trophy We have exchange programmes of players coming through from these two academies NCC and MRFWe wanted to make sure that young players get exposed to all the conditions all around the world Our boys and girls grow up on fast bouncy tracks Australian players grow up in pitches not conducive to spin When we want to develop players for every condition we have to do things like this We have invited curators from Indiawanting to learn from experts If you want to play good international cricket exposing cricketers to all conditions is very important