India Coach Rahul Dravid – Rohit Sharma New Captain: InsideSport had revealed last week that Rohit Sharma will be soon appointed as India’s new white-ball captain. Now it is revealed via Indian Express report that even newly appointed coach Rahul Dravid’s first choice for India’s new white-ball captain is Rohit Sharma – Follow Indian cricket LIVE Updates on InsideSport.in
The report claims that during his interview with BCCI for the role of India’s coach, Dravid was asked, “Who do you see as the next Indian white-ball captain?”
Dravid in his answer declared that Rohit Sharma for his abundant experience & pedigree in the white-ball formats should be appointed as India’s next white-ball captain.
The report says, Dravid wants to groom KL Rahul as Rohit Sharma’s deputy and India’s next potential leader.
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Rohit Sharma is Rahul Dravid’s choice for India’s new white-ball captain, KL Rahul as his deputy: Report
Rahul Dravid New Coach: It is worth noting that Dravid will resume his duties as India coach with the series against New Zealand which is starting on Nov. 17th. Virat Kohli will be stepping down as T20 captain post the ongoing T20 World Cup and as reported by InsideSport earlier, BCCI is also interested to pass his ODI captaincy to Rohit Sharma.
The 50 Over World Cup is scheduled to take place in India in 2023 & next T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022. The BCCI feels to have a different set of captains for both doesn’t make any sense & is in favor of same captain for both ODI & T20 formats.
“3 Captains for 3 formats will create a lot of confusion. We want the flow of ideas & direction to be very smooth. We feel India should have the same ODI & T20 Captain & Rohit Sharma in the current scheme of things is the best choice. Selectors will take the final call in the next meeting. Whatever good is for the Indian cricket, the decision will be taken accordingly,” declared one of the top BCCI officials.
“It’s no secret who is going to take over. Rohit Sharma has been in the leadership group and will take over from Virat after T20 World Cup. An official announcement will be made after the World Cup,” another BCCI official had told InsideSport two weeks back.
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Dravid – Rohit Ready to Tango: In the BCCI statement, Dravid said: “It is an absolute honour to be appointed as the new Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team and I am really looking forward to this role. Under (outgoing head coach) Mr (Ravi) Shastri, the team has done very well, and I hope to work with the team to take this forward. Having worked closely with most of the boys either at NCA, U19 and India A set-up, I know they have the passion and desire to improve every day. There are some marquee multi-team events in the next two years, and I look forward to working with the players and the support staff to achieve our potential.”
The Indian board will have another set of interviews for the support staff where they will look for their new batting, bowling and fielding coaches. Rathour has said that he has re-applied for the job as batting coach.
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