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Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid has officially applied for the position of national team’s head coach on its deadline day on October 26th. Currently, Dravid has been serving as the chief of National Cricket Academy (NCA) and will take over the national team as head coach after the completion of ongoing T20 World Cup 2021.
As per reports, former Indian batman VVS Laxman has applied for the role of NCA chief and is likely to take over from Rahul Dravid, while former Indian batter Ajay Ratra has applied for the role of the new fielding coach of team India.
Talking to ANI, a BCCI source confirmed that Dravid has applied for the position of Team India head coach and Laxman is definitely in the race to take over as NCA head. The source said that, former India skipper Rahul Dravid had agreed to take over as the head coach of the national team. The development took place on the sidelines of the final of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Speaking to ANI, sources in the know of developments had confirmed that, Dravid has agreed and it cannot get any better than. The other positions will now be lokked into, but batting coach Vikram Rathore will stay on his position.
Currently, Ravi Shastri is the haed coach of Indian team, his tenure will be ended after the completion of the ongoing T20 World Cup. This is his last World Cup as a coach. Indian captain Virat Kohli will also be stepping down from the T20I captaincy and Rohit Sharma will replace him in T20Is.
Earlier, On Sunday, India faced a defeat against Pakistan and lost their first-ever match against arch-rivals in World Cup matches.