Raina and Fletcher - addresses Media first time

The New Indian Skipper Suresh Raina and the Newly appointed Indian coach Duncan Fletcher addresses media for the first time before leaving to westindies for playing 1T20,5 ODI's and 3 Tests.Suresh Raina is appointed as a captain for the limited overs fixture with the absence of Big guns such as Dhoni,Sachin,Zaheer,Yuvi,Viru,Gauti etc.And Harbhajan Singh is the Deputy for Raina.

This is not a new experience for Raina as he already led a young side for a tri-series in zimbabwe but they lost badly."I feel very proud to be leading this Indian team. We have recently won the World Cup and now we have a new coach in Duncan Fletcher and we hope to do well in the West Indies."and "This is a good opportunity for young players such as M Tiwary,Badrinath,Ashwin,Rohit and Dawan to perform at the big stage which they have already done in the domestic arena." - Raina Said. "He has learnt a lot about the captaincy from Kumble,Dravid and Dhoni".and Westindies missing big players like Gayle but it will a tough challenge he added.

In other side this will be the first test for Duncan Fletcher [Click to know more about Fletcher],after Gary Kirsten left the team with a World Cup Glory after 28 long years."Yes we would like to beat England and Australia in their home but ,it is important not to look too far on the road first we have to focus on this tour " Fletcher said and Shaping the youngster is my Prime duty" he also added.


Limited-overs squad: Suresh Raina (capt), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.

The tour kicks of with a T20 Game in Port of Spain on saturday [June 04] Click to View Full Schedule

Is Raina capable of doing well as a captain in this tour...and Pick a Player - Who will be the break out star of this squad...?share your thoughts...friends...!!