'Never Overstay Your Welcome, Achieved All I Wanted': Ravi Shastri Hints Stepping Down As India Head Coach

Ravi Shastri has confirmed that he would no longer be coaching Team India after the T20 World Cup. Ravi Shastri says he has achieved everything he wanted to as a coach of the Indian Cricket Team.

Ravi Shastri

New Delhi: Team India is set to get a new coach after the T20 World Cup in the UAE. Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has hinted that he will no longer be coaching Team India after the T20 World Cup. Expressing satisfaction over his tenure, rhe head coach has said that he has succeeded in achieving all his goals as a coach.

In an interview given to the English newspaper 'The Telegraph', Ravi Shastri shared that he would no longer be coaching the Indian team. He said, "I have achieved whatever I wanted to achieve in the past five years as coach for Team India. We are now the number one test team. There is no country where we haven't won."

Ravi Shastri, however, also spoke about the pressure he faced as Team India's coach. He said, "Being the coach of Team India is like sitting in front of a gun which could be fired at any time. You have to keep winning. Then one day when the team is all out for 36, you realise that you have no other option but to win."

Contract to end after T20 World Cup:

Ravi Shastri became the head coach of Team India after the Champions Trophy in 2017. Ravi Shastri's tenure was extented up to the T20 World Cup in the UAE. There are reports that the BCCI offered Ravi Shastri to continue as coach for the Tour of South Africa, but he refused.

Anil Kumble's name is coming at the forefront in the race to become the next coach of Team India. It is also speculated that BCCI may also ask VVS Laxman to apply for the post of coach.