Rahul Dravid will remain the coach of Team India
It will be associated with the team till T20 World Cup, tenure may extend further. Rahul Dravid will remain the coach of Team India. BCCI has extended his tenure. Dravid's two-year tenure ended with the World Cup final. After this, there was a discussion between the board and Dravid and it was decided that Dravid will remain associated with the team at least till the T20 World Cup. The T20 World Cup is to be hosted by West Indies and America in June.
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Dravid will also go on South Africa tour
Team India will tour South Africa for three T20, three ODI and two Test matches between 10 December 2023 and 7 January 2024. The board has said that Dravid will be with the team during this assignment. Earlier it was believed that Dravid did not want to continue his tenure further and VVS Laxman could be sent as coach for the South Africa tour.
Jai Shah convinced Dravid
BCCI secretary Jay Shah had spoken to Dravid last week, a BCCI official told PTI. After this conversation, Dravid agreed to extend his tenure as coach.
Laxman has a very busy schedule
VVS Laxman is very busy with the work of National Cricket Academy (NCA). Also the Under-19 World Cup is also coming. Laxman will continue to fulfill this responsibility. If Dravid takes a break from any assignment of the Indian team, then Laxman can become the coach in his place under a stop gap arrangement. Laxman has played this role before also. Currently the Indian team is playing a T-20 series with Australia and Laxman is the coach of the team.
Dravid was appointed the chief coach of Team India in 2021.
Rahul Dravid was appointed the chief coach of Team India in November 2021. Dravid's two-year tenure ended with the World Cup. People close to Dravid were saying that he was not willing to extend his contract. He had informed this to BCCI officials, but now Jai Shah convinced him.
Team India won the Asia Cup under Dravid's coaching.
If we look at Dravid's two years as the coach of Team India, then Team India reached the final in the ODI World Cup. Barring the defeat by Australia in the final, Team India won all its matches in the World Cup. At the same time, before the World Cup, Team India won the Asia Cup. Last year, Team India played the semi-finals in the T-20 World Cup held in Australia.
Apart from this, won the home Test series against Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand and the series in Bangladesh. At the same time, Team India was also successful in winning the home T20 series against West Indies, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Whereas on the South Africa tour, faced defeat in the Test and ODI series. Apart from this, Team India was defeated in the fifth Test in England.
Laxman has been NCA chief for two years
VVS Laxman has been the head of NCA for the last two years after Dravid was made the head coach. Dravid was the Chief of NCA before becoming the Chief Coach of Team India.
