Somewhere Down The Line, He Might Have A Chance To Coach National Team Sourav Ganguly On Former Player

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly revealed that former Indian batsman, VVS Laxman, was keen on working with the Indian team as a full-time head coach. However, the logistics for the same couldn’t be worked out and Laxman had to wait.

Ganguly has also said that Laxman will likely get a chance to do so in the future. Laxman is currently serving as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore, the position that current head coach, Rahul Dravid, was fulfilling.

“He [Laxman] was keen on the national team job, but that couldn’t work out. But somewhere down the line, he would have that opportunity to coach the national team,” Ganguly said in a conversation with Boria Majumdar.

Rahul Dravid wasn’t agreeing to the head coach role – Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly also said the former Indian batsman, Rahul Dravid, did not want to take up the role of the coach as the constant tours would have kept him on the road and away from his family.

“We had Rahul in mind for a long period of time, both me and Jay, but he wasn’t agreeing because of the time away from home [and] because doing a national team’s job is [about being] on the road for about 8-9 months in a year and he has two young children,” Ganguly added.

Dravid finally caved in and took up the role. In his first series, India won 3-0 in the T20I series against New Zealand before winning the 2-match Test series by a 1-0 margin.

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