People who haven't played cricket can't 
                           do much: Kapil 

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi speaks to Indian cricket team coach Kapil Dev 
on his experience as a coach, player and his opinion about the BCCI.

Kapil, you've been appointed coach for two years. Did you ask for it
or was it given to you? 

Not really, a lot of things were going on and they (BCCI) decided it 
should be for two years instead of one. 

But you did take an active interest, for instance, in the running of 
Haryana cricket? 

I tried my best to do something for Haryana cricket but the system 
is so locked up that I couldn't do anything. 

Do you think there is something wrong with the system. The players 
are not admitted into it easily? 

Personally, I feel yes. It (the Board) should consist of 50-60 per 
cent players and the rest could be bureaucrats and politicians.
That would make a good team at the top. But at the moment, it is 
95-99 per cent persons who are businessmen, bureaucrats or 
politicians.There are no sportsmen, no cricketers. So it never worked.
The Haryana Cricket Association has around 60-65 members. Nobody has
played for the state, forget about the country. So when you have 
your general body meeting you just don't know what to talk. People 
who haven't played cricket can't do much.
 
How come Pakistan is producing so many bowlers with the same kind of 
wickets? 

You need a good physique to be a fast bowler. I think up North, or 
you can say Pakistan upwards, people have that physique. You have to
be at least six feet tall to bowl really fast. For instance, you 
can't make a Maruti 800 run at 150 miles per hour because the engine 
is not strong enough. You need to have strength before you can really
generate that much pace. 

When you look after the team, do you treat them as adults or do you 
do a bit of molly coddling also, a little bit of a helping hand? 

No. Over the years, I've realised that this is a man's game. It is 
not for boys. When you wear flannels and play Test cricket, you are 
expected to be a man and that is important. Again, I come back to the
family background. We always live in the shadow of our parents. 
A player becomes truly big only when he realises that he has to do 
his part of the job. When you expect somebody to give the orders, 
it means you are still growing.