Former captain Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday named the new head coach of India for a two-year period, ending weeks of speculation over the high-profile job after Anil Kumble’s dramatic exit.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India also appointed ex-paceman Zaheer Khan as the bowling consultant and Rahul Dravid as batting consultant for overseas tours.
“The term of the appointments will be till the World Cup 2019,” the BCCI said in a late night release.
Shastri, 55, edged out five high-profile names including batting great Virender Sehwag, Australia’s Tom Moody, Englishman Richard Pybus and former India manager Lalchand Rajput, who were interviewed in Mumbai on Monday.
And Twitter was abuzz with opinion, but more importantly, jokes too.
Virat gets his man Shastri, Cricket Advisory Committee get their men Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid on board. Balancing act…everyone happy!
— Digvijay Singh Deo (@DiggySinghDeo) July 11, 2017
If @bcci want a consultant for: a) dosa in madras b) pav bhaji in bombay c) draught beer in bangalore d) mishti doi in Calcutta, I’m ready.
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) July 11, 2017
Does this add up: Sachin-Shastri; Ganguly-Zaheer; Laxman-Dravid. 1 for each. Decision #IndianCricket ishtyle #liveandletlive
— V Krishnaswamy (@Swinging_Swamy) July 11, 2017
What’s an overseas batting consultant?!
What’s the key role of the designation?#RahulDravid #BCCImakesDesigs— Arundhati Chatterjee (@TheBongBox) July 11, 2017
So ZaK and Jam are in. Great…
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