Paddy Upton has once again been appointed as the mental conditioning coach of the Indian cricket team. The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced this on Tuesday. Upton was also present with Team India from 2008 to 2011. Under his supervision, India won the ODI World Cup in 2011. The T20 World Cup is to be played in Australia in October-November this year. After this, the ODI World Cup will be organized in India in 2023. In view of these big challenges, the board has appointed Upton.

The. Africa has also been made the number-1 team

Former India coach Gary Kirsten first included Upton in his support staff. Kirsten later became the coach of South Africa and Upton was also present in their support staff there. In the presence of Kirsten and Upton, South Africa became the number-1 team in Test cricket in 2013.

Joined the team in West Indies

Upton has joined the Indian team on Monday itself. It is being told that the current Indian coach Rahul Dravid had approached Upton for this job. After this he was made to talk to the BCCI officials and Upton accepted the job offer. Mountain climbing provides training through extreme sports like canoeing, Upton's methods to make players mentally strong have been discussed in the past. He encourages players to take part in extreme sports like mountain climbing, canoeing. Apart from this, he also teaches to keep the mind calm through the control of the speed of breath. Having also served in IPL and BBL, Upton has also worked with Rahul Dravid in the past. He has done mental conditioning of the players of Rajasthan Royals team in IPL. Apart from this, he has also served Delhi Daredevils. He has also worked with Australia's Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder.