Just less than a month after Anil Kumble stepped down as the Indian cricket team coach, former Team Director Ravi Shastri has been officially appointed the new head coach.
BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising former players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, interviewed five candidates – former Indian cricketers: Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag and Lalchand Rajput, Australian cricketer Tom Moody and Englishman Richard Pybus before finalizing Shastri to fill the vacant position of Team India’s head coach.
The decision has been taken only after consulting with skipper Virat Kohli, who allegedly caused former coach Kumble to step down.
Shastri has reportedly signed a two year contract, and thus he will remain the coach when India plays the 2019 ICC World Cup.
The appointment of Shastri as Team India’s coach has not gone well with most of the Indian cricket fans who argue that he will just act as a ‘Yes Man’ to skipper Kohli.