Tiff Between Sachin And Sourav Over Appointment Of Ravi Shastri As Head Coach
Jul 11, 2017 at 4:16 PM
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) was to announce the new Head Coach of Indian cricket team on Monday, but it is learnt that name of Ravi Shastri has created a gulf between Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar wants his former state-mate to be given the job whereas Ganguly is keen to ensure that Shastri doesn’t get the job. It is to be noted that Shastri and Ganguly are not best of the friends and a confrontation last year when Shastri was snubbed for the job. (Read Here: COA Asks BCCI To Announce Head Coach Today)
The report also added that Shastri and Ganguly were involved in the heated exchange over the matter of support staff of Indian cricket team. Shastri, if appointed, was keen to bring back Bharat Arun as the bowling coach whereas BCCI has had talks with Zaheer Khan already.
The hard questions put up by Ganguly to Shastri irked Tendulkar and he was annoyed by Ganguly. Already, it was reported that Shastri applied for the job after getting a green signal from Sachin Tendulkar. The former Indian batsman is looking forward to seeing Shastri in the job whereas he is yet to convince other people.
Undoubtedly, Tom Moody has emerged out as a favourite of VVS Laxman. Moody and Laxman are both the members of Sunrisers Hyderabad backroom staff, a team which won IPL in 2016.
Though Sehwag has emerged as the favourite for the job; he is yet to earn the confidence of every member. In fact, the committee is finding it difficult to ink upon one single person and in that case, a voting procedure may be done where the candidate getting more votes will be handed the job. (Read Here: Announcement Of New Head Coach Deferred By Few Days)
Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s role will also be quite crucial while the selection of new Head Coach. CAC hasn’t announced any fixed date for the appointment of a new person.
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