Gary Kirsten, feels that Duncan Fletcher played a 'huge role' during his four-year tenure.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made it clear that under-fire coach of the Indian team Duncan Fletcher has its "full backing and support" and has no immediate plans to remove him despite calls for his ouster from batting icon like Sunil Gavaskar.
Former England Test player Geoffrey Boycott has accused the former coach of abusing big names of English cricket to sell his autobiography.
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher said he had to cancel an Ashes tour practice session last year because captain Andrew Flintoff arrived under the influence of alcohol.
Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower have become the toast of the nation following England's ascendancy to the top in Test cricket but a media report said it was now-India coach Duncan Fletcher, who actually kick started their journey to the pinnacle.
Duncan Fletcher was on Wednesday appointed India's cricket coach. He replaces the highly-successful Gary Kirsten, ending weeks of suspense on who will take over the high-profile job. The 62-year-old Zimbabwean, who coached England with mixed results from 1999 to 2007, has been handed the job for two years.
Fletcher has proved his detractors wrong after England ended their form slump by winning four games in a row to take the tri-series title from Australia.
England's coach said he 'lost respect' for the batting maestro after his derogatory remarks on the team's performance after their last tour of India.
Lendl Simmons will replace injured Andre Fletcher in the West Indies squad ahead of their semi-final against hosts India in Mumbai on Thursday. "Simmons will join the squad and Andre Fletcher has gone back home," West Indies team's media manager told PTI on the sidelines of a practice session at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. Simmons, a right-handed batsman, also plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
India's new cricket coach Duncan Fletcher could come a cropper in his very first assignment when the team tours England this year as he might try to double guess his former wards, a lot of whom he 'doesn't know at all', says English spinner Graeme Swann.
England's coach said Ponting had abused him after he was run out by a substitute in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.
Criticising Duncan Fletcher's coaching reign between 2011-15, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that work ethic during the Zimbabwean's tenure was "pretty abysmal" as players reported late in practice sessions.
England coach Duncan Fletcher said the current side is the best he has ever worked with
Pakistan reached 446 for five, a lead of 158 runs with two days remaining, leaving England staring at their first Test series defeat for two years.
Replacing a coach like Gary Kirsten, who was a massive success with Team India, was never going to be easy for Duncan Fletcher. Rediff.com's Bikash Mohapatra points out that Fletcher doesn't have a report card that makes for great reading but he still enjoys the backing of captain MS Dhoni.
Duncan Fletcher's contract as The Board of Control for Cricket in India was extended by one more year despite a below-par track record, setting to rest the intense speculation on his future.
Injured Jason Holder replaced by Obed McCoy in West Indies squad for T20 World Cup
The Indian media manager, denied a rift in the Indian team management, following a media report that chief coach Duncan Fletcher was being ignored in meetings and also not being kept in the loop about team strategy.
India coach Duncan Fletcher has made both local media and Cricket Australia set-up paranoid ahead of the four-match Test series starting on December 26.
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher said that he is "keen" on taking over as the coach of New Zealand, following the exit of Andy Moles. Fletcher, who works as an advisor with South Africa, has not coached full time since leaving England after the 2007 World Cup, The Dominion Post reported.
The former Indian captain was upset on learning about media reports that a support staff meeting was held without Fletcher being present.
The Indian cricket team's disastrous campaign in England has taken some sheen off Duncan Fletcher's record as coach and he is now only left with the five-match ODI series, which starts in Chester-le-Street on Saturday, to gain some lost ground.
Andre Fletcher produced a blinder of an innings, smashing 84 runs off only 64 balls, to power the West Indies to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
The newly-appointed India coach Duncan Fletcher is likely to attend the selection meeting slated to be held in Chennai on May 13, for the tour of West Indies.
Former Australia captain Michael Hussey said he was surprised by reports that just-retired Test captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had suggested his name for the coach's job of Indian cricket team once Duncan Fletcher's contract expired at the end of World Cup 2015.
Enjoying a golden run having scored five tons in less than six months, Rahul Dravid on Monday gave credit to chief coach Duncan Fletcher for his tips which has proved to be invaluable.
The financial nitty-gritties of Gautam Gambhir's appointment as India's head coach are yet to be worked out but that's the "last of his concerns" right now
Duncan Fletcher etched his name into the record books by becoming the first cricket coach to complete a century of matches at the helm of affairs of a national team during the first Test between India and England at Lord's.
A methodical coach, with excellent one-on-one skills, the Zimbabwean is the ideal replacement for Gary Kirsten.
West Bromwich Albion have signed Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher on a free transfer from Manchester United, the English Premier League clubs said on Monday.
The younger lot impressed him in the ODI series and now new India coach Duncan Fletcher says he can't wait to work with the seniors in the Tests against West Indies as more than the players, it is he who would learn from the experience.
Graham Ford and Duncan Fletcher are the latest names linked to the Indian coaching post.
England coach Duncan Fletcher, a hero last year when his team regained the Ashes, was blamed on Saturday for their miserable performances on the current tour of Australia.
Duncan Fletcher has the worst record in Tests among all his predecessors. Under him India also suffered the ignominy of back-to-back whitewashes in England Australia in 2011. Yet, he was given a year's extension by the BCCI.
Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher scored in each half to help his beleaguered side earn a much-needed 3-1 win at Crystal Palace in their Premier League match at Selhurst Park on Monday.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer wants Duncan Fletcher axed as the Indian team's chief coach, and the appointment of Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar to guide the team after the 3-1 drubbing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men received in the five-Test series in England.
England coach Duncan Fletcher gave equal chance to both India and England to win the third and final Test.
England's coach says it was a "travesty" that he was not chosen to lead the Rest of the World team against Australia in the recent Super Series.
Manchester United have asked UEFA to overturn the controversial red card that will keep midfielder Darren Fletcher out of the Champions League final, British newspapers reported on Friday.
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