The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the extension of contracts for India’s senior males’s group head coach Rahul Dravid, and the assist employees on Wednesday.
The BCCI engaged in productive discussions with Rahul Dravid after the time period of his contract ended following the not too long ago concluded ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and unanimously agreed to additional the tenure.
The Board additionally appreciated VVS Laxman for his roles as Head of NCA and because the stand-in head coach.
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“The final two years with Workforce India have been completely memorable. Collectively, we’ve got witnessed the highs and lows, and all through this journey, the assist and camaraderie throughout the group have been phenomenal. I’m genuinely pleased with the tradition we’ve got set within the dressing room,” Dravid mentioned.
Dravid had changed Ravi Shastri after the T20 World Cup in 2021, getting appointed for a two-year time period which ended with the ODI World Cup.
Roger Binny, president of the BCCI, mentioned, “Rahul Dravid’s imaginative and prescient, professionalism, and unyielding efforts have been vital pillars in Workforce India’s success. As head coach of the Indian Cricket Workforce, you’re at all times below immense scrutiny and I lengthen appreciation to him not just for embracing the challenges however for thriving in them.
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Dravid, below whose teaching India completed runners-up in each the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) and the ODI World Cup, has had a very good document prior to now two years, and many individuals within the BCCI imagine that conserving him would permit the senior group to have continuity.
It will be attention-grabbing to see the character of Dravid’s tenure extension, whether or not will probably be for a 12 months conserving the subsequent T20 World Cup in thoughts or until 2025, which covers the complete ongoing WTC cycle and the Champions Trophy, which is scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan for now.
(with inputs from PTI)