After efficiently guiding the Indian workforce to T20 World Cup 2024 triumph as head coach, Rahul Dravid is reportedly gearing up for a brand new journey within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Since his tenure as the top coach of the Indian workforce got here to an finish, Dravid has been linked with a number of franchises within the T20 league. Earlier, reviews advised that the batting nice might resolve to affix Kolkata Knight Riders, particularly because the franchise noticed their mentor Gautam Gambhir go away the workforce to fill the void left by Dravid within the Indian workforce as head coach. However, it has now been reported that Dravid is in talks together with his former IPL aspect Rajasthan Royals.
“Talks are happening between RR and Dravid, and an announcement on this regard is not far away,” Occasions of India quoted a supply as saying.
As Dravid hunts for a brand new journey, Gambhir has begun his stint because the Indian workforce’s head coach. He flew to Sri Lanka with the opposite members of the Indian workforce forward of the white-ball project. Earlier than the workforce’s departure, Gambhir did admit he has some large footwear to fill, contemplating what Dravid has carried out with the Indian workforce as head coach.
As India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 title, beating South Africa within the closing, Dravid did joke about being ‘jobless’ from the subsequent month, and requested reporters if they’d any gives. A person of the expertise of Dravid, and the gold-worthy expertise in Indian cricket, franchises are understandably lining as much as rope him into the workforce.
Dravid did not wish to proceed because the Indian workforce’s head coach as he did not wish to spend 10 months a yr travelling, conserving himself away from the household. However, the Indian Premier League is totally different. Within the T20 league, Dravid solely must be with the franchise for 2-3 months a yr, a prospect he might fancy.
The previous India captain has labored as a mentor and coach with IPL franchises prior to now. Dravid was the coach of Delhi Daredevils franchise earlier than leaving the job in 2017 over ‘battle of curiosity’. Since ending his IPL profession, Dravid has labored because the coach of India’s junior groups, together with Beneath-19 and India A.
He was most just lately working as the top of the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru earlier than taking over the India job in 2021.
Now linked with the Rajasthan Royals, it could be attention-grabbing to see on what capability would the previous India head coach work with the franchise.
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