Makhaya Ntini and Andrew Flintoff in relaxed mood during a training session ahead of the ICC Super Series Trophy, Melbourne, October 3, 2005
Makhaya Ntini and Andrew Flintoff are Venkatesh Prasad's targets during the second edition of the IPL in South Africa © Getty Images
Venkatesh Prasad believes that this IPL will throw up an interesting situation when top cricketers share dressing rooms and gameplans but will be wary of revealing too much ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in June. Prasad, India's bowling coach, admitted that he is keen to pick the brains of his IPL team's foreign players like Andrew Flintoff, Makhaya Ntini and Albie Morkel to strengthen India's chances in England.
Prasad is bowling coach of the IPL's Chennai Super Kings and, barely ten days after the IPL ends in South Africa on May 24, will join the Indian thinktank for the ICC tournament that starts on June 5 in England. India will be defending their world title and England's Flintoff and the South Africans Ntini and Morkel are key players for their national teams.
"Most of the international players will look to use the IPL as a launchpad for the World Twenty20 and you have to be smart here," Prasad told Cricinfo. "It's all about how much of information you want to share and how much information you can gain from others. I am sure there will be a lot of people who would like to know a lot about the Indian team. So I need to be very clear about how much of information I would like to share with others, even if they are from your own IPL team.
"At the same time, I would like to pick the brains of players like Freddie Flintoff, Ntini, Morkel or even Stephen Fleming (Chennai's head coach) in terms of how the New Zealand guys go about their business in a Twenty20 situation.
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