Confirmed: Virat Kohli Met Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman Before Champions Trophy And Batted For Shastri

Jul 21, 2017 at 1:13 PM

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Confirmed: Virat Kohli Met Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman Before Champions Trophy And Batted For Shastri

Though there were no surprises when Ravi Shastri was handed the job of the Head Coach of Indian cricket team on July 11 the method in which he was given the job was surprising. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of BCCI asked for some more time to decide upon the new Head Coach on July 10 and within 24 hours of this, the news of Ravi Shastri being handed the job was leaked.

BCCI organised a press-conference to call this a false one but within few hours, the board itself made it official that Shastri will head the Indian cricket team for next two years. He is the favourite of Indian skipper Virat Kohli, no doubt but him batting for Shastri in front of CAC is something which has come out the first time.

(Read Here: Bharat Arun Knows These Boys Better Than Me: Ravi Shastri)

As per a report in TOI, Kohli met two of the three members of CAC before leaving for Champions Trophy. The two members were VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar. These are the same two members who were in favour of Shastri whereas Sourav Ganguly was not impressed with Shastri given the role. In fact, the differences with Shastri even created a gulf between him and Tendulkar during the interview process, it was reported then.

Kohli met CAC members at the same time when the news of a tussle between him and Anil Kumble was out in media, which Kumble confirmed when he stepped down from the post. Kohli though did not comment on the matter.

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Giving Indian team coach of their choice is no issue but skipper meeting CAC members has not come well as Ganguly said that the skipper has neither sent his recommendation nor has batted for anyone but Kohli met the CAC members in the absence of Ganguly, which went in Shastri’s favour.

In fact, it was clear that Shastri – who did not apply for the post in the first attempt – only went for it after getting a soft signal from Tendulkar and being assured of the job. He pipped veterans like Virender Sehwag and Tom Moody and bagged a two-year contract with the Indian cricket team. All the members of the support staff of Kumble era were retained with Bharat Arun being the only new entrant in the backroom staff.

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