Under-fire Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj has found support from the Indian tennis players, who have written to the AITA Management Committee that they are “strongly opposed” to any change in the support staff.
Both captain Amritraj and coach Zeeshan Ali’s contracts are up for review and the speculation is that AITA may not renew Amritraj’s contract since it had been reported recently that he had failed to ensure discipline in the team.
AITA officials have said that there may be a change as they would like to see rules and disciplines be implemented.
Terms of both Amritraj, who had replaced SP Misra and Zeeshan, who came in place of Nandan Bal, will end later this month and India’s next tie is against New Zealand in Pune from February 3-5.
India’s top four singles players, including Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri, Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan have requested AITA to retain both Amritraj and Zeeshan since the team has produced good results under them.
“We are writing this letter to express our total support for Anand Amritraj as Captain and Zeeshan Ali as Coach of the Indian Davis Cup Team. It has come to our attention through media that there are rumours of a possible change, and we are all strongly opposed to any such change,” the letter sent by the players in October stated.
