All Eyes On Rahul Dravid For Head Coach Role As Ravi Shastri Set To Part Ways With Indian Team After T20 WC: Report

Albeit Dravid is expected to be head coach as the deadline approaches it will be interesting to see if he reapplies for the role to helm the Indian team after the T20 World Cup

Ravi Shastri

Delhi: Team India's head coach Ravi Shastri is set to part ways with the team after a stint of four years and four months as his contract ends after the T20 World Cup. Along with Ravi Shastri the support staff — Bharat Arun (bowling coach), R Sridhar (fielding coach), and Vikram Rathour (batting coach) — would also bid adieu as their contract comes to an end after the quadrennial event, slated for November this year.

Shastri has been successful in churning out the best out of the youngsters played under his tutelage for more than four years as head coach but before that, he was also a team director for two years. The Indian team has also been victors in scripting history in various international outings as the team was led to the top in the Test rankings. With this, the first question emerges is, who will be the next head coach for the team? To have an outlay, the management made Rahul Dravid the head coach in the recently concluded India Tour of Sri Lanka, in which Men in Blue fared well.

Under Shastri, the team fared well in terms of the win-loss ratio and which has a record being unparalleled with any other team. Shastri transformed the team into a formidable outfit as Kohli's men eluded an ICC Trophy during Shastri's tenure. His tenure has also seen historic victories in Australia and South Africa.  

The deadline to apply for the head coach role is August 15. And Dravid since taken the onus of India A and Under-19, the youngsters have been in a good shape and a set of good talents were also taken into the India senior team. Dravid is strongly expected to take the role of head coach after Shastri's parts ways. Albeit is interesting to see what is in store for Rahul Dravid.