New Delhi: Following the announcement of Ravi Shastri\u2019s retirement from Team India\u2019s coach, speculations regarding his replacement have been doing the rounds. In the meantime, ex-India cricketer and former BCCI chief selector MSK Prasad have expressed his wish to see Rahul Dravid take over the responsibility as a coach and MS Dhoni as the mentor of the Indian cricket team, after Shastri\u2019s retirement post the 2021 T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Ravi Shastri has been serving as India\u2019s head coach since 2017. He got reappointed after the 2019 World Cup. The 59-year-old Shastri will not be able to extend his hands in coaching India in cricket for an additional year given that the limited age of a person serving as a coach should not be above 60.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Dravid has coached the team during India\u2019s limited-overs tour to Sri Lanka in July. Besides as U-19 coach, he has guided India to a 2018 World Cup win and the final in 2020. He has also tutored India A teams. Along with him, Dhoni was named the mentor of the team for the T20 World Cup. Prasad believes that BCCI would think on these lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my heart, I had this feeling. I was challenged recently by my colleagues that definitely post Ravi bhai\u2019s era, MS has to come into the role of a mentor and Rahul Dravid as coach. These were the discussions I had with my fellow commentators while I was doing commentary during the IPL. I had a feeling that Rahul, being the studious person that he is, will add value to Team India post Ravi bhai\u2019s era,\u201d stated Prasad.<\/p>\n
The reason for Prasad\u2019s confidence is that most of the emerging players were trained under Dravid\u2019s guidance. Prasad believes that the Dravid-Dhoni duo would serve as an added benefit to the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cRahul as a coach, MS as mentor is going to be a boon for Indian cricket. Both are cool and calm customers and one person is very studious and hard-working. More importantly, the number of players that are evolving right now have been groomed by Rahul, who was India A coach also. So it is some wonderful planning that is happening. I will be very disappointed if Rahul is not going to be the coach and MS not a mentor post this management\u2019s era,\u201d added Prasad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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