Ending the speculation that he will replace Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the senior India Men’s team, former Indian captain Rahul Dravid has applied for the post of the head of the national cricket academy, PTI reported.
Dravid was heading the strength and conditioning arm of the BCCI before his two-year-long tenure expired earlier last month. His tenure could not be extended due to BCCI’s constitution and hence he had to reapply for the post.
“Yes, Rahul has reapplied for the post of Head of Cricket. You don’t need to be a genius to guess that he is going to continue after the tremendous work he has put in to change the face of NCA, which is now truly a centre of excellence. In fact, as of now, save Rahul, there are no other prominent names of stature who have applied for the post.” PTI quoted an unnamed BCCI official as saying.
It should be seen as a mere formality and Dravid is all set to head the national cricket academy based in Bengaluru.
Dravid had travelled to Sri Lanka with India tea as the head coach with other supporting staff were in the UK with the Virat Kohli-led team. Shastri and his colleagues’ tenure is set to expire after the ICC World T20 and hence as soon as the BCCI invited applications for the post of NCA head, Dravid’s name started doing rounds.