Ravi Shastri Is The New Coach Of Team India

    • Publish Date: Jul 11 2017 5:00PM
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    • Updated Date: Jul 11 2017 5:14PM
Ravi Shastri Is The New Coach Of Team India

NEW DELHI: As millions of cricket fans awaited the announcement of the 'chosen one', meaning the new coach of India's cricket team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Ravi Shastri as the head coach for Team India. Shastri has been one of the top contenders for the keenly contested post.   

Former India allrounder and captain - Shastri -  who was team director of the Indian men's cricket team from August 2014 to April 2016, has been appointed as head coach for a two-year period until the end of the 2019 ICC World Cup.

 It was a tough match...
Having initially not applied for the post, but belatedly joining the fray once the BCCI extended the deadline to accept applications until July 9, the 55-year-old beat out a list of applicants comprising former India opener Virender Sehwag, former Sri Lanka coach and current coach of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad Tom Moody, current Afghanistan coach Lalchand Rajput and former Pakistan and Bangladesh coach and director of West Indies cricket Richard Pybus.

Virat Kohli had a say?

The news came a day after the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) announced that it would seek Indian captain Virat Kohli's inputs before announcing the man to replace Anil Kumble in the most high-profile coaching role in the sport. Addressing a press conference after a nearly six-hour interview process with the five aforementioned candidates at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Monday, CAC member Sourav Ganguly had said that Kohli, who is currently out of the country, had to be apprised of their decision before the next coach could be revealed.

The selection interview

Ganguly and VVS Laxman sat together inside the Wankhede Stadium while Sachin Tendulkar joined via video conference from the UK. Barring Sehwag, none of the applicants were physically present at the BCCI headquarters, instead being interviewed over Skype.

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Akshita Pandey LILAVATI BAI PODAR (A)-SCRUZ

Very pleased to know that Ravi Shastri is the new head coach of The Indian Team. He has a lot of experience and was a very dedicated player. He is going to handle the team very well and will make them win majority of the matches that they play. Congratulations!! Men In Blue for getting such a phenomenal coach.

Ayushi Pandey LILAVATI BAI PODAR (A)-SCRUZ

It''s been a year long tenure for Anil Kumble as he steps down as coach, leaving behind fond memories for us Indian cricket fans to savour. And now, is the time for a new coach-Ravi Shastri himself. Since the time Anil Kumble retired, I always knew it that Ravi Shastri will be appointed as the new coach. He has been the Team Director in the past, he''ll be knowing the guys well, but the team has changed a lot since 2014- the biggest change being in the captaincy! Best of luck!

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