Fans are hoping for a reversal of fortunes for Team India as Rahul Dravid has been appointed the head coach cricket squad.
He will take over from Ravi Shastri, whose tenure will come to an end after the ongoing Men’s T20 WC 2021. Dravid will take charge of the senior side from the home series against New Zealand, that starts with the T20Is on 17 November. The series involves three T20Is and two Tests.
The BCCI welcomes Rahul Dravid as the Head Coach of India’s senior men team. Rahul has had an illustrious playing career and is one of the greats of the game. He has also served Indian cricket as Head of National Cricket Academy (NCA) with distinction, BCCI president and Dravid’s former teammate, Sourav Ganguly said.
Dravid previously coached the India Under-19 side at the 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, where they finished runners-up and champions respectively.
Dravid has also overseen the progress of the India A sides until 2019, when he was appointed the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Dravid takes over from another former cricketer Ravi Shastri, in whose tenure India became the first Asian side to win a Test series in Australia (2018-19) and repeated the feat on the 2020-21 tour. They also did not lose a series at home en route to the top of the Test rankings, and the final of the inaugural World Test Championship final.