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Dubai, October 26: Rahul Dravid on Tuesday (October 26) applied for the position of head coach of the India senior team.
Sources in the know of developments confirmed the former Indian captain and the current National Cricket Academy (NCA) head has applied for the position of Team India head coach.
The source also pointed that former India batter VVS Laxman is in the race to take over from Dravid as the NCA head.
"Yes, Dravid has applied for the position of Team India head coach and Laxman is definitely in the race to take over as NCA head. Talks are on and we have to see how it goes," the source told ANI.
Earlier, in what came as the biggest positive for Indian cricket in recent times, former India skipper Rahul Dravid had agreed to take over as the head coach of the national team.
The development took place on the sidelines of the final of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Sources in the know of developments had confirmed that the NCA head is ready to take over as the national team coach.
"Dravid has agreed and it cannot get better. The other positions will now be looked into while Vikram stays as the batting coach.
“The Indian team is in a state of transition with youngsters coming in and they have all worked with Dravid and it will be all the more easier for Indian cricket to continue on its path to becoming world-beaters on the pitch," the source said.
Dravid was always the preferred choice for the BCCI but it looks like it took Secretary Jay Shah and President Sourav Ganguly to sit down and talk with the former captain before he agreed to wear the cap full-time after travelling to Sri Lanka with the team for the limited-overs series recently during the main team's tour of England.
"Jay and Sourav spoke to him and it was about Dravid being convinced because it does need a lot of time as you need to be on the go constantly.
“But things went well and Dravid has always kept the interest of the Indian cricket on the top so it made things easier as the team would do well to have someone like him guiding the boys," the source had said.
Current coach Ravi Shastri's contract ends with the T20 World Cup. After the upcoming T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli will also be stepping down as the side's captain in the shortest format.
