Dubai: Former India Captain Rahul Dravid has formally applied for the Team India head coach post. Sources in the know of the development told a section of the media that Dravid has applied for the coveted post and VVS Laxman is running for NCA head's post.
Dravid, at present is heading the National Cricket Academy headquartered in Bengaluru. Earlier, on the sidelines of the final of the 14 edition of the IPL, media had reported Dravid agreeing to apply for Team India's head coach.
Sources said Vikram Rathore will stay as the batting coach. They also claimed that BCCI's Honorary Secretary Jay Shah and President Sourav Ganguly convinced Dravid to assume the mantle of the head coach. Current head coach Ravi Shahstri;s contract ends with the T20 World Cup.(UNI)
