
For John Wright, the forthcoming tour to Pakistan will be another learning experience as a coach. 8216;8216;Cricketing intensity will be very high,8217;8217; he said while speaking to The Indian Express on Wednesday.
The Indian coach admitted the Indo-Pak rivalry and the passion it arouses will be a 8216;8216;new experience.8217;8217; Wright, who last toured Pakistan with the New Zealand team under Jeremy Coney two decades ago, says he had a sneak preview of the sub-continent fervour during the World Cup. 8216;8216;I experienced a bit of it at the Centurion Park. But to be with the Indian team in Pakistan will be quite an experience.8217;8217;
Having landed in Mumbai on Monday, he got down to business and was busy checking the cricket equipment at the Board office this afternoon. 8216;8216;We need this ice tub for Pakistan and those three bags,8217;8217; he said pointing to the pile of baggage that the BCCI officials have been guarding since the team8217;s return from Australia.
The 50-year-old wasn8217;t quite forthcoming to comment more on the series. 8216;8216;I do not want to complicate matters,8217;8217; he said.
The former New Zealand captain who averaged a moderate 30.32 against the Pakistanis is looking to meet some of his adversaries though. 8216;8216;Need some catching up with old foes,8217;8217; he said. Among them would be his opposite number and a wily fellow at that 8212; Javed Miandad. It has been reliably learnt that the accent on the short camp scheduled to commence at Kolkata from March 7 will be on pace. Most of the India A and under-19 pace bowlers have been asked to report to the three-day camp. Munaf Patel, Avishkar Salvi, Siddarth Trivedi, RP Singh, VRV Singh, S Sreesanth and NC Aiyappa are among those who have been summoned.