Rahul Dravid appointed head coach of Team India

New Delhi. Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid will be the new head coach of Team India. After the T20 World Cup, the tenure of the current coach Ravi Shastri is coming to an end. Dravid will lead the team from the home series against New Zealand after the World Cup. Rahul Dravid is currently working as the head of the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He is credited with producing many junior players. Dravid’s contract will first be till 2023.

After Dravid’s application, the BCCI did not need to look into any other application. According to a BCCI media release, “The Cricket Advisory Committee on Wednesday unanimously appointed Rahul Dravid as the head coach of Team India (Senior Men’s Team). Sulakshana Nayak and RP Singh are included in this committee. The former Indian captain will take over the position from the upcoming home series against New Zealand. “

The BCCI had invited applications for the post on October 26 as the tenure of outgoing Ravi Shastri ends after the ICC T20 World Cup. Dravid said, “It is a great honor to be appointed as the new head coach of the Indian cricket team and I am ready for this responsibility. He also thanked his predecessor Shastri for his role in taking the current Indian team to this point. “The team has performed very well under Shastri’s guidance and I hope to take this forward while working with the team. “

Dravid’s dependable Paras Mhambrey can be made the bowling coach of Team India. Apart from this, Vikram Rathor will continue to be the batting coach of the team, while fielding coach R. No name has been decided yet regarding the replacement of Sridhar. Rathore has also applied for the post of batting coach again.

Dravid will get Rs 10 crore as salary. He was reappointed as the NCA chief only last month. But BCCI needed a strong candidate to take Indian cricket forward. In the eyes of Ganguly and Jay Shah, no one could have accomplished this work better than Dravid. That’s why he was selected for this role. He will take over this responsibility from the New Zealand series. Team India has to play 3 T20 and 2 Test series by New Zealand in November-December.