BCCI provides to increase Rahul Dravid’s stint as head coach
In a transfer that indicators continuity, the BCCI has supplied Rahul Dravid an extension to proceed as India’s head coach. ESPNcricinfo has realized that Dravid was approached by the BCCI final week, with the tenure of the extension being open-ended.
However, it’s but to be confirmed whether or not Dravid has accepted the supply. It is realized that one essential cause the BCCI was eager on sticking with Dravid was to make sure continuity to the construction he had put in place over the previous two years, which could have in any other case acquired disrupted had a brand new head coach been appointed.
But if Dravid does take up the supply, his first project in his second stint might be India’s tour of South Africa, which begins with the white-ball leg from December 10 – there might be three T20Is and ODIs every – and might be adopted by two Tests, in Centurion (from December 26) and Cape Town (from January 3). Then there’s the five-match Test sequence towards England at residence, earlier than the T20 World Cup in June.
Dravid had replaced Ravi Shastri after the T20 World Cup in 2021, getting appointed for a two-year time period which ended with the ODI World Cup lately, the place India completed as runners-up. That was the joint-best end for India at ICC occasions underneath Dravid as coach, after that they had additionally misplaced to Australia this June within the World Test Championship last. Before that, India have been overwhelmed by England within the semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup.
If Dravid continues, additionally it is anticipated that he’ll retain the identical set of assistant coaches he had joined palms with in 2021: Vikram Rathour (batting coach), Paras Mhambrey (bowling coach), and T Dilip (fielding coach).
Speaking after the World Cup last defeat, Dravid had stated he was proud that India have been ranked No. 1 throughout the three codecs, though the absence of a world trophy was a “disappointment”. Asked greater than as soon as if he would wish to proceed within the job, Dravid stated he had not considered it in any respect, having been consumed in making ready for the World Cup.
“I haven’t thought about it. I have no time to think about this, and no time to reflect on this,” Dravid had stated. “I will when I get the time to do that. But at this point of time, I was completely focused on this campaign. It was focused on this World Cup, and there was nothing else on my mind. And I haven’t given any other thought to what happens in the future.”