Be a Successful Cricket Captain

Cricket is a bat and ball sport played between two teams of eleven players each. Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years. A captain in a cricket team plays an important role in the success of his team. A captain can turn the tables of the match. The captain makes a number of important decisions including setting fielding positions, alternating the bowlers and calling the toss. The toss takes place before the match and the winning captain makes his/her decision in consideration of pitch conditions, the weather, and the relative bowling and batting abilities of the two sides. This can have an enormous impact on the course and result of the match. During play, the captain decides when to change the bowler and who to replace him with, depending upon the situation. In One-day Internationals the captain also decides when to make use of Powerplay 2.

Steps

  1. Be mentally strong. take stress. be under-pressured.
  2. Guide your team with a positive approach.
  3. Always be the most active player on the ground.
  4. Make maximum use of the opponent team's weaknesses and plan your strategy accordingly.
  5. Use the Power plays wisely.
  6. Take decisions according to the result of the Coin Toss.
  7. Keep the team united, as far as possible, without seeming to unduly favour any one player or player faction.
  8. Try to reduce politics between the team members, if and when they surface.
  9. Accept suggestions and ideas from fellow team members but think it over before implementing them.
  10. Try to capitalize each of your players strength's and do not let their weaknesses to be discovered and attacked at
  11. Be fair and impartial and give youngsters or new players a chance.
  12. Keep the confidence levels high among your team.A good captain must be observant and have a good memory


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Tips

  • Learn from your mistakes committed in previous matches and use them to your advantage in future matches.
  • Try not to put blame on a single person if you lose a match, tell your team mates that, its the team's fault not a single person's, so that the person won't feel guilty and can move on and play next match well
  • Befriend all of your teammates, don't act over confident.
  • Always think you are the second best team in the world even though you are ranked first in the ranking. This will help you to win lot of matches.
  • Support your team no matter what. Be there for them. Don't blame one person when something goes wrong because it's every one's fault.
  • Research each and every ground and player of the opposing team thoroughly before a series : to ensure no set of circumstances can catch you off guard and to make sure that no player shows you up as ill-prepared.
  • Even if your team have lost a 5match series 4-0, still play the fifth one with full confidence and motivation and never give up.
  • Always have a word with the team before the match and always tell the fielders their fielding positions as it would save a lot of time.
  • Always be fair to your players to avoid player-led rebellions against you.
  • Even when you get a low score or bowl badly keep your head up you have a team to captain.
  • Always be cool while playing.

Warnings

  • Never underestimate the opposing team.
  • Never take it easy when you are in a winning position.Keep active till the end of the game.

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