Ravi Shastri is currently on his final assignment with the Indian team in the United Arab Emirates for the T20 World Cup. (AP image)
CVC Capitals won the bid for the Ahmedabad franchise and are now looking for the best team management to start their IPL journey from next year.
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The 2022 season of the Indian Premier League is going to be bigger than the previous one with the addition of two new teams – Ahmedabad and Lucknow. Both the teams were bought at a combined price of over Rs 12,500 crore. CVC Capitals won the bid for the Ahmedabad franchise and now they are looking to hire the best team management to make their debut. IPL travel from next year
According to a report in Cricbuzz, CVC Capitals has approached outgoing Team India coach Ravi Shastri for the role of their head coach. The 59-year-old is currently on his final assignment with the Indian team in the United Arab Emirates for the T20 World Cup. Reports suggest that Shastri has asked the franchise owners to give him some time as he wants to focus on India’s squad for the T20 World Cup and will take his decision after that.
Shastri is expected to return to the commentary box after completing his coaching stint with the Indian cricket team, but the new IPL franchise’s offering could take those plans forward for the foreseeable future. If the former Indian cricketer accepts the offers, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar will be part of his staff. When Shastri becomes the coach of the IPL team, he will not be eligible for direct commentary contract with the BCCI. However, he himself can contract with broadcasters.
After Shastri’s tenure, India batting great Rahul Dravid will take charge of Team India and his first assignment will be for three T20Is and two Test matches against New Zealand.
Dravid lauded Shastri’s legacy as Team India’s head coach after his appointment and said he would try to carry it forward.
“The team under Mr. Shastri has performed extremely well and I look forward to working with the team to take this forward,” Dravid said in a statement issued by the BCCI.
Shastri has been serving as India’s head coach since July 2017 and under his leadership the team has tasted unprecedented success on Test tours to Australia and elsewhere. Under his leadership, India also made it to the semi-finals of the 2016 World T20 and the last-four stage of the 2019 ODI World Cup.
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