Gary Kirsten's mental conditioning

In all the excitement surrounding India’s recent dramatic series victory against Australia, there’s one point that most people very curiously seem to have missed. Prior to Gary Kirsten taking over as India’s coach, a lot of our troubles – and successes even – were attributed to our coach. For some reason, this time, we don’t seem to see Gary’s name mentioned too often in discussions analyzing India’s success.
I, for one believe that Gary, and his professional partner and India’s mental conditioning coach, Paddy Upton, have had an enormous impact on the current crop of players. This Indian team seems a far cry from our teams of yore, who looked like buckling in under even the slightest pressure. This team seems to handle pressure exceptionally well, in fact, one can even say that they thrive on it. There were so many pressure situations during these four test matches and more often than not, the Indian team emerged with their noses ahead at each significant turn of events.