 I was uncertain about my loyalties: Kirsten
15th Apr 2008 14:03 IST
Agencies
"I remember how Bob lived for his job as international coach. Even though the players told him not to get worked up for nothing, he could not calm down," he recalled.
Kirsten said the first time he felt such an anxiety was during last week's Kanpur Test when India, while chasing a mere 62 to win, lost a couple of early wickets.
"The possibility of two or three wickets in quick succession kept going through my mind all the time," he said.
Apart from the on-field pressure, Kirsten said the Indian media's clamour for a quote or two, even on days when he has nothing to say, is also hard to deal with.
"It is almost impossible to move outside the confines of the team's hotel without television and newspapers reporters descending on you," he said.
The former opener has been instructed by the BCCI to speak to the media only during official press conferences and Kirsten said he tries to adhere to the diktat.
"I try to stick to that. With so many TV channels and newspapers, anything one says can be taken out of context," he quipped. |
