Mumbai: Indian national u-19 and Indian A teams are willing to retain Rahul Dravid as head coach, after the BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) decided to hand over the former national captain an extension Of two years.
The CAC, which is part of Dravid Sachin Tendulkar’s former team-mates Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, decided to offer the two-year extension to the 44-year-old after a successful season with the junior team that saw them arrive To the final of the ITC U-19 World Cup last year.
Interestingly, the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) did not invite any application for the work of the u-19 trainer, according to The Indian Express. This contrasts with the Anil Kumble problem.
Kumble, whose contract ran out Sunday after India’s heavy defeat at the hands of archbishop Pakistan in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy, has been extended to the end of the West Indies tour.
According to a BCCI official, Dravid has been offered a direct extension, as there was an extension clause in his previous contract.
The only question now would be the compensation that the Indian cricket board is willing to offer Dravid, who won a little over Rs 4 crores from his previous contract, the duration of which was 10 months.
Dravid had been involved in a conflict of interest dispute after the letter from former CoA member Ramchandra Guha to CoA chief Vinod Rai.
However, Dravid, in a statement, had said, “My simple point is that not only I, but we are five or six of us who are in the same position.There must be clarity.If there is clarity, we will be in a position To make an informed decision. It is disappointing how they played in the public without much understanding of the background. “
