The Board of Cricket Control in India has expressed their intentions to appoint ex-Indian batsman Rahul Dravid as head coach of the Indian cricket team.In a report from The Times of India, the Indian cricket board's advisory committee, comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, are interested in seeing their teammate Dravid take over as the boss of the national side.
BCCI is willing to have a man who can guide young batting talents, especially where Test cricket is concerned. But sources say that Dravid is giving a thought on this decision.
"Rahul has said he will give it a thought," said a source. Should Dravid agree to take up the responsibility, he is likely to be given a free hand and a long-term contract, possibly extending to the ICC 2019 World Cup.
Ravi Shastri, who was the India's team director untill their elimination from the World T20 is not being considered for the role of head coach. Although he is keen on working with team India, he won't be considered for coaching role.
The advisory committee is going to meet on Tuesday (April 5) to discuss the issue of the chief coach. India's last coach was Duncan Fletcher and his role ended after the ICC World Cup in 2015. Ravi Shastri's term of being the team's director too ended with India's semi final loss to the West Indies. The report also claims that the board had earlier contacted former Australia batsman Michael Hussey to take up the challenge but the arrangement failed to work out.
Also the BCCI is likely to continue with the services of assistant coach Sanjay Bangar, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar for now. Dravid - a veteran of the game with 164 Test matches and 344 ODIs behind him - makes all the more sense to the board right now. Neither Dravid nor any of the three-member advisory committee members were available for comment.
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