Virat Kohli was asked by a reporter during his pre-departure press conference in Mumbai. The question asked about his opinion on who should be Indian cricket team’s next head coach. He answered that he and the team would be glad to have Ravi Shastri around.
Ravi Shastri was appointed by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) as head coach of the Indian cricket team in July 2017. Under his term, India had a lot of victories that made their fans proud. They won their maiden Test series in Australia and two Asia Cup titles. The team also won in the third of the three-Test series at the Wanderers in January 2018. India has an impressive number of runs in the recent 50-over World Cup.
However, India was defeated by New Zealand and the cricket live score showed disappointing outcomes in the ICC World Cup 2019, Shastri’s contract as the Men in Blue’s head coach expired. The Board of Control for Cricket in India opened applications for the new support team and the search for the next head coach continues,
There are numerous candidates around the world who are interested for the position. In the recent reports, there are six shortlisted candidates alongside Ravi Shastri which includes Mike Hesson, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajpit, Phil Simmons and Robin Singh.
Some of the names mentioned were big names in cricket. However, they hold no heavyweight competition against Shastri. The head coach himself has faced a lot of challenges with the team and overcame it under his guidance.
Ravi Shastri is backed by a lot of cricket fans to retain his position in the team, even Virat Kohli himself or the rest of the Men in Blue. If Shastri will leave the team, there can be changes and adjustments that may happen in the team. Shastri and Kohli had the best leadership in the Indian cricket team which makes the team in harmony.
The Indian Cricket Team is currently focused on the West Indies tour. They whitewashed the West Indies in the three-match T20Is, and now leading 1-0 in ODI series. Cricket news site like Betwala is focused on providing detailed coverage of the West Indies tour. Fans are also watching the matches and some are live betting as the match happens.