India Coach Utility Deadline Ends: No Prime Overseas Names Apply, VVS Laxman Not , Gautam Gambhir…
File picture of former Indian cricket crew star Gautam Gambhir© AFP
The deadline for making use of for the submit of Indian males’s cricket crew chief coach ended on Monday however each the BCCI and the highest identify in its wishlist, Gautam Gambhir selected to maintain mum on the event. After guiding Kolkata Knight Riders to their third IPL trophy on Sunday, it’s however pure that Gambhir’s identify is getting extra momentum. Whereas each events have not mentioned something on report, the BCCI, it appears, would not have too many high quality choices obtainable in the intervening time.
It’s understood that no notable overseas identify has utilized for the submit, particularly after BCCI secretary Jay Shah made it clear that the Board is somebody who has risen by the ranks and is aware of the home construction.
It might be safely mentioned that the BCCI’s main goal was VVS Laxman, the Nationwide Cricket Academy head, however the fashionable Hyderabadi appears not concerned with a full time place which requires him to obtainable for 10 months a yr.
“The deadline is okay, however the BCCI brass would not thoughts taking some extra time earlier than reaching a call. Proper now, the crew will likely be busy with World T20 for the higher a part of the month of June. After that seniors will likely be rested from excursions of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe the place any of the NCA-based senior coaches can accompany the crew. So what is the hurry,” a BCCI supply informed PTI on situations of anonymity.
Additionally, KKR principal proprietor Shah Rukh Khan shares a deep bond with Gambhir and it isn’t simple to depart an IPL crew which has been part of id for the previous India opener.
There’s one other side that must be look into critically — what senior India gamers, at the moment in New York, really feel on whether or not Gambhir can certainly be Rahul Dravid’s substitute.
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