Team India coach: Ravi Shastri to continue as head coach of India team

Shastri pipped former India teammates Robin Singh and Lalchand Rajput along with former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson and Australian Tom Moody to the post

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Ravi Shastri's record as India head coach

Shastri, as head coach, guided Team India to its maiden Test series win on Australian soil last year. In 21 Tests since July 2017, India under Shastri have won 13 of them with a victory percentage of 52.38. It's even better in T20Is with 25 wins from 36 games with a win percentage of 69.44. The ODI record takes the cake with 43 wins in 60 games and a success rate of 71.67.

 

Ravi Shastri's World Cup disappointment

 

The only blip could be the fact that in 2015 World Cup in Australia (when he was Team Director) and the last edition in UK, the team couldn't go beyond the semi-finals.

 

But the complete domination in the Caribbean, in both T20s and ODIs, indicates that he has been doing most of the things correctly.

 

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Assessed past performance and way ahead

CAC: Assesse the candidates on the way forward and past record, and then came to the conclusion

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BCCI to announce terms and conditions

Kapil Dev: The terms and conditions of the appointment will be announced by the BCCI

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No consultations from Virat Kohli

Kapil Dev: No consultations were taken from Virat Kohli or any other player

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Ravi Shastri to continue as Head Coach of Indian Cricket Team

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Kapil Dev begins the press conference

Number three is Tom Moody, number two is Mike Heeson, number one is Ravi Shastri

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Kapil Dev begins the press conference

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Alert: CAC members to start the press conference shortly

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Tenure of next head coach

The next head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team will be given a contract till the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. The support staff will also be handed contracts till the World T20.

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CAC members ahead of conducting interview of the candidates

Former cricket captain Kapil Dev who is the Chairman of Cricket Advisory Committee along with Anshuman Gaekwad, arrives at the BCCI headquarters, to conduct interviews of shortlisted candidates for Indian cricket team's head coach, in Mumbai

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Ravi Shastri

Shastri, having also donned the role of the Team Director earlier, is the current head coach of the Indian team after given a 45-day extension following the World Cup.

 

Shastri, who has played 80 Tests and 150 ODIs, was contracted till the World Cup in England, but he was given a 45-day extension till the end of the ongoing West Indies tour, where the visitors have won both the T20 and ODI series.

 

The team reached the semi-finals of the 2015 ICC World and the 2016 ICC WT20 under his watch. Earlier this year India won their maiden Test series in Australia under Shastri’s watch. 

 

The only blip could be the fact that in 2015 World Cup in Australia (when he was Team Director) and the last edition in UK, the team couldn't go beyond the semi-finals.

 

But the complete domination in the Caribbean, in both T20s and ODIs, indicates that he has been doing most of the things correctly.

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Lalchand Rajput

The former Indian batsman became the coach of India U-19 during the tour of England. In 2007, he was appointed as the manager of the senior Indian cricket team for the inaugural World T20 held in South Africa when the M.S. Dhoni-led side emerged as champions beating Pakistan in a nail-biting final.

 

Thereafter, he stepped into coaching with Mumbai Indians in the inaugural season of IPL in 2008.

 

However, his first international coaching role came with Afghanistan in 2016 where he replaced Inzamam-ul-Haq. In May 2018, he was named as the interim head coach of Zimbabwe and in August 2018, he was appointed to the role on a permanent basis.

 

While Shastri is leading the race by a margin, Bharat Arun is also set to continue as the bowling coach. The position for batting coach will be a fight between Vikram Rathour and Praveen Amre with the former most likely to take charge. The candidates for the positions of India's support staffs will begin on Saturday.

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Robin Singh

The former India all-rounder, who is known for his brilliant fielding, stepped into the world of coaching with Indian U-19s before taking over as the coach of Hong Kong in 2004. He helped the team to qualify for the 2004 Asia Cup.

 

Singh, was appointed coach of the India A cricket team in 2006, where he coached cricketers such as Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa.

 

Between 2007 and 2009, Singh was the fielding coach of Team India.

 

The former Indian all-rounder was the first coach of Deccan Chargers in 2008. However, after an unsuccessful season with the Hyderabad-based franchise, he led Mumbai Indians to their maiden title with the Champions League T20 in 2011 before taking over the role of the side's batting coach.

 

The left-handed batsman led Barbados Tridents to their only Caribbean Premier League title win in 2014. He has also helped coach the senior and junior USA cricket teams. In 2011, Singh coached the United States women's cricket team at the World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Bangladesh.

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Tom Moody

The former Australian medium pacer has a coaching experience of more than 14 years. In 2005, Moody was appointed as head coach of Sri Lanka and he led them to the final of the 2007 World Cup before leaving the post and went home to coach Western Australia for three years.

 

In 2017, it was announced that Moody would be appointed as the head coach of Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League for 2018.

 

The 53-year-old's most successful stint has come with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. He has coached the side for six seasons during which it won one title and made five play-offs.

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Phil Simmons

The former West Indies all-rounder has coached Zimbabwe, Ireland, West Indies and Afghanistan since his retirement in 2002.

 

The 56-year-old was first appointed as the head coach of Zimbabwe in 2004. However, it proved to be a difficult and controversial job, not least because he inherited a team heavily weakened thanks to the mass dismissal of most of the senior players. Eventually, he was sacked in 2005.

 

Simmons then succeeded Adrian Birrell as coach of Ireland after the 2007 World Cup. He significantly improved Ireland's standing in world cricket as their coach. His tenure included 224 matches, making him the longest serving coach in international cricket.

 

After the conclusion of the 2015 World Cup, he became coach of his native West Indies team and went on to lead them to a historic World T20 victory in India in 2016.

 

Thereafter, he was the batting coach for Afghanistan and later was appointed as the head coach in 2017. In June 2019, he was named as the coach of the Brampton Wolves franchise team for the Global T20 tournament in Canada.

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Mike Hesson

The 44-year-old, who holds the distinction of being the longest serving coach of the Black Caps, has a vast coaching experience. His first international assignment was with Kenya after the 2011 World Cup.

 

He had signed a two-year contract but had resigned much before the completion of his tenure citing security reasons. He then replaced John Wright as the New Zealand coach in 2012.

 

Under his coaching, the Kiwis reached their first-ever World Cup final in 2015 where they lost to Australia. His contract was extended in 2016 until the end of the 2019 World Cup, but Hesson resigned in June 2018 in order to spend more time with his family.

 

Hesson also served as the head coach of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab before stepping down on August 8 this year. He is in running for the position of Pakistan's head coach as well.