Indians not improved as expected 8212; Kokinos

But the trainer admitted that progress in the fitness levels of Indian cricketers had not been as rapid as he had expected it would be.

Kokinos disagreed with Sunil Gavaskar8217;s view that Indian players would do well to imbibe lessons from athletic coaches to improve their stride length and speed of running between the wickets.

8220;It is a wrong notion that big strides mean more speed,8221; he said, adding that Rahul Dravid had small strides but was one of the fastest runners between the wickets in the Indian team. Gavaskar had made his remarks while doing commentary in the India-Sri Lanka tie at Nagpur onApril 22.