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Kiran More (Part II)

Meet Kiran More Face to Face as part of CricInfo's video/audio interview series.

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"I think basically we never groomed any wicketkeeper. Lately if you see, there's a trend that only one keeper is taken on a tour"

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On what he reckoned was his best Test knock ?

I think in England in 1986, a couple of knocks I played were very difficult ones. I had fifties in West Indies and Australia also but I think the crucial one was in Karachi... [Audio]

On combining the duties of wicketkeeping and captaincy

Actually from the cricketing angle, it's always difficult to be a wicketkeeper captain. There are many who've done it like Ian Healy and Adam Gilchrist. But Moin Khan is struggling with his keeping... [Audio]

On the lack of quality keepers in the country

I think basically we never groomed any wicketkeeper. Lately if you see, there's a trend that only one keeper is taken on a tour while according to me... [Audio]

On who he thinks is the best keeper in India right now

I haven't seen much but we have one Milap Mewada in Baroda. I think he's very outstanding. He played for India Under-19 as well. The only thing is he's not... [Audio]

On the circumstances in which he began his involvement with coaching

I wanted to give something back to cricket, specially for Baroda... I've travelled so much, seen a lot of academies... We have a coaching system here, but it's not quality coaching. Boys go to coaching classes for 5-6 hours, that's not done... [Audio]

On the promising youngsters in his academy

We have about 60 boys overall and we're concentrating more on the 16-18 age group... There are a few boys coming up like Kunal Pandya who's a left handed batsman... [Audio]

On his future plans

I'm doing a lot of coaching for the ICC Development Programme. It's a specialised wicketkeeping job and I'm busy... I went to Bangladesh and I will be going to Kenya and Uganda... [Audio]


Kiran More: [Part I]

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