Gary Kirsten is one of the few coaches to have landed a two-year contract from the word go © Getty Images

These are the best of times for the coach of the India cricket team. Anand Vasu in this article in the Hindustan Times does a check on the salaries of Kirsten and other people in the comfort zone.

Kirsten is also the highest paid member of the coaching establishment, at $30,000 per month (net of taxes) and with medical insurance, accommodation and local transport in Bangalore thrown in.

When he's not with the Indian team the coach gets an allowance of Rs 1050 a day.

In his column in the Times of India, Bobili Vijay Kumar believes the seniors in the team should go out on a high, rather than as the ill-tempered old man in the neighbourhood.

The answers are not easy: nobody wants a good movie to end; everybody wants to enjoy the ride for as long as possible. Maybe, the thrill of stepping out on to the field and competing with the best, even as the mass of television viewers are glued in, is unmatchable.