Approach

Cricket teams around the world have different strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, it is incorrect to assume that similar coaching methods can be used with all teams.
Team India cannot be equated with team Australia. The Indian team is a group of highly talented individuals. Indians, by natural tendency, cannot work as hard as Australians and are nowhere near as fit as the Aussies. Therefore, in India, the coaching approach should be such that it suits the personality of our cricketers. Repetitive and elaborated fitness experiments and exercises such as running around the cones in different manners and jumping over them may suit the Australians but they do not suit the Indians.

If there is one reason why an Australian player can perform, it is out of sheer hard work (I am by no means discrediting the talent of the team.) But, in India, unlike Australia, a person with little or no talent even after long hours of practice cannot be made a Sachin Tendulkar. The mental and psychological make up of the Indians is very different from that of the Australians.

Furthermore, the Australian physique can handle much much more than the Indian counterpart. Continuous exercise cannot solve this problem. Nothing/ no amount of effort put in can alter the basic physical characteristics and capabilities of a certain person. Another important aspect is technique. Coaches try to incise technique into the Indians. It is possible to a certain extent. But had Mr.Srikkanth himself gone through modern coaching, his aggression and therefore success will have been subdued to a great extent.
Take the example of a person like Dhoni or Shivnaraine Chanderpaul. Their techniques are different. Yet they are so successful. Every leg-spinner is ask to flight the ball and give it a nice rip so as the beat the batsman outside the off stump. India's most successful bowler, AnilKumble has a different approach.
Sir Garfield Sobers could stay up and drink till late in the night and then come back the next morning to score a double century. None of us can though. And that has to be understood.
It has come to a stage where technique is hindering the growth of talent. Also, there is excessive physical and mental pressure on the cricketers. Discipline must be enforced. All these factors must be taken into account for the long term success of Indian cricket. - BS