The veteran defender reminded the team of his scoring prowess by rising to meet a Toni Kroos free-kick and send a looping header beyond goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik. But a cursory glance at India’s preparations reveal a different story. We need to understand that the role of the coach is not what it used to be during our playing days. Kim Clijsters of Belgium retired and had a child before coming back at age 26 and winning three grand slam titles. It was dominating performance by the Guru Nanak Public School forwards as they maintained their supremacy in all the four quarters of the final. Harry Kane, the Tottenham striker who notoriously does not score in August, scored two on Sept. Williams, the world’s highest-paid female athlete, was about two months pregnant when she captured her 23rd grand slam singles title at the Australian Open. The selectors have been told to initiate the processes for the upcoming season at the earliest. Their forwards started the match on an attacking note and made some threatening sallies into the opposition half. Elephant in room: How will KP Bhaskar, Gautam Gambhir get along.