The All India Tennis Association’s (AITA) executive committee met in New Delhi to discuss the issue of Amritraj’s extension as the team’s non-playing captain. So till then, he will be there. During India’s Davis Cup tie against Spain Hand made panel Suppliers in New Delhi in September, an issue was raised with Amritraj.During the September 2014 World Group playoff tie against Serbia in Bangalore, a player had reportedly brought his girlfriend to the dressing room while the rest of the team was out on the court.New Delhi: India’s Davis Cup team replaced SP Misra three years ago as their non-playing captain to Anand Amritraj.”The team has fared decently under Amritraj’s captaincy.

The AITA is likely to stick with Zeeshan Ali as the coach. India won their superiority in the Asia/Oceania zone. Amritraj, who was chosen by players could lose the captaincy because of the ‘indiscipline’. They were consistently reaching the World Group playoffs but were undone by tough draws against Serbia, Czech Republic and Spain in the last three years. We had a slight discussion yesterday (Thursday) but since it was not an official part of the meeting, we have decided to meet again,” Chatterjee said.“I discussed it with coach and captain and I said there can’t be a free-for-all…journalists are going to the dressing room, girlfriends are going to the dressing room.

No decision has been taken yet and a few top officers think Amritraj should not continue, as under his leadership, there has been ‘lack of discipline’ in the team. We have already given him three years so everyone feels he should be given another year, then we will do that.A senior AITA member said, “Ultimately, it is the captain’s responsibility to ensure there is discipline in the team.Hiranmoy Chatterjee, AITA’s secretary general said that the dressing room had become a ‘free for all’ room in the last three years. Anyway, we will discuss everything and members will take a call about Anand’s future. 

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