With Gautam Gambhir’s appointment as Staff India’s new head coach all however sealed, Rahul Dravid has reportedly been approached to interchange him because the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gambhir was roped in because the mentor of the Knight Riders earlier than the beginning of the 2024 season, with co-owner Shah Rukh reportedly giving him a 10-year plan. However, because the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) supply got here calling, Gambhir discovered it powerful to withstand the temptation.
Nevertheless, Gambhir’s impending departure to the Indian crew would go away a giant void at KKR, contemplating the franchise massively benefitted from his steering, clinching the IPL 2024 title. The franchise’s bosses have reportedly put Dravid’s title on the highest of their shortlist for the position that Gambhir will probably be leaving.
In a report by News 18 Bangla, plenty of IPL franchises are eager to rent Dravid as coach or mentor forward of the 2025 season. The Knight Riders even have him on the radar, although no concrete dialogue has taken place as but.
As India lifted the T20 World Cup 2024 title, beating South Africa within the last, Dravid did joke about being ‘jobless’ from the following month, and was asking reporters if they’ve any provides. 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 crew.
Dravid did not need to proceed because the Indian crew’s head coach as he did not need to spend 10 months a yr travelling, preserving 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 up 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 Underneath-19 and India A.
He was most lately working as the pinnacle of the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru earlier than taking on the India job in 2021.
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