Bangalore, June 01: After guiding the Kenyans to a new high in the World Cup, Sandeep Patil took a fresh guard here today on home soil with his new assignment as coach of the India 'A' side. "It's a new challenge and responsibility. I have started afresh like any newcomer on the first day today. I hope at the end of the day, I will do a decent job," the India 'A' coach told.
Assisted by John Wright, Patil kickstarted the 18-day coaching camp here for Shiv Sundar Das-led India 'A' who would be touring England from June 22 to August three.
On his coaching stint with Kenya, which became the first non-test playing country to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa earlier this year, Patil said he had "dumped" the assignment and "it all happened in the past".
But he hastened to add that he got tremendous joy coaching Kenyans. "That happened in the past. I don't give importance to the past. What's important for me is tomorrow. What happened is gone".
A modest man that he is, Patil is not willing to take the credit for Kenya's wonderful outing.
"Players have to perform. Management has to work hand-in- hand. One needs support of the selection committee and parent bodies. When everything works, you get the results," he said on the Kenyan campaign in South Africa. Bureau Report