The once 'Dreaded Duo' in the City League join hands once again with VB Chandrasekar roping in J Gokulakrishnan as the coach of his team in the TNPL
One will have to wait and watch if this combination will make it happen again like they did in the 1990s
Just over 25 years after they
formed one of the potent combinations in the city league, former captain of
India Cements VB Chandrasekar and his new ball bowler of the time J Gokulakrishnan (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2017/03/gokulakrishnan-j.html),
who spearheaded the bowling attack of India Cements in the 1990s and anchored
many a victory that decade have come together again, this time in the fourth
edition of the TNPL.
As soon as he decided to
throw himself into the local TN T20 league, VBC ( http://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2016/01/vb-chandrasekar.html) was keen to rope in his mentee
from the 1990s. However the terms did not work out at that time. While Gokulakrishnan
along with his brother Madanagopal coached Tuti Patiriots to two successive
finals (including winning one), VBC’s
team has not fared particularly well in the TNPL so far (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2016/09/tnpl.html).
When the duo moved on to the
Coimbatore team last year, it was the match against VB’s team that
undid the season for them as they collapsed chasing a mediocre target.
VBC once again looked for Gokulakrishnan ahead of the new season that is set to
start in the third week of this month. However, with Gokul committed to the
Coimbatore team, it seemed that the once feared combination may not come
together yet another time.
But
things turned around suddenly over the last week as Gokul and Madan parted ways
with the Coimbatore team. And finally, after three years, VBC as he always does
has had his way even if it has come a little late this time and has signed up
Gokulakrishnan as the coach for his team.
For
both VBC and Gokulakrishnan, winning was a driving force in the way they
played their cricket. And it is likely that this combo will go all out this season to
give it a winning shot.
It will be interesting to wait and watch as to
how this once dreaded combination fare this time around.
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