National Cricket Academy: VVS Laxman NCA Head? Former India batsman has rejected the post of director of National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. The post remains vacant after Rahul Dravid’s tenure expired last month. With Dravid set to take over from Ravi Shastri as the next Team India Coach from the New Zealand series, BCCI had approached Laxman.
However, as per Sports Tak, he has turned down the offer, opting to stay with Sunrisers Hyderabad as the mentor and batting consultant for the Bengal Ranji team. Amid the rising number of conflict of interest complaints against BCCI office bearers and coaches, VVS Laxman opted to stay with SRH. Had he accepted the offer, he had to vacant both the posts.
National Cricket Academy: VVS Laxman refuses BCCI’s offer to take charge of NCA from Rahul Dravid
National Cricket Academy: The National Cricket Academy Head has become a prestigious post after Rahul Dravid-led rejuvenation that saw the likes of Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Mohammed Siraj coming out of India A and U-19 setups. Apart from that, senior players are mandated to go through an NCA rehabilitation program following any injury.
However, as BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah have convinced Rahul Dravid to take charge of India’s head coach’s position following the T20 World Cup, they wanted the NCA to continue with the same legacy that Dravid left. The idea was to have an established Indian star like Laxman, who had scored 8,781 runs in 134 Tests.
NCA Head: VVS Laxman refuses BCCI’s offer to take charge of NCA from Rahul Dravid
BCCI also had invited applications for various roles including head coach, batting coach and bowling coach for Team India setup. Even though Rahul Dravid will be appointed as the next coach after a successful tenure with India A and India U-19 setups, he will have to go through the CAC (Cricket Advisory Committee).
BCCI Advertisement for Coach:
- Head Coach (Team India – Senior Men)
- Batting Coach (Team India – Senior Men)
- Bowling Coach (Team India – Senior Men)
- Fielding Coach (Team India – Senior Men)
- Head Sports Science/Medicine with National Cricket Academy (NCA)
National Cricket Academy: VVS Laxman refuses BCCI’s offer to take charge of NCA from Rahul Dravid
National Cricket Academy: for the NCA head role, Rahul Dravid was the only applicant fr the vacant post after the Sri Lanka series. But with him moving up the ladder to Team India and VVS Laxman refusing to take the role, BCCI will now have to begin a formal process, inviting applications for the role.
Meanwhile, BCCI has offered a Rs 10 crore salary for Rahul Dravid. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly along with secretary Jay Shah persuaded Rahul Dravid to take up the role of Indian cricket team’s coach on a permanent basis on Friday.
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The development took place on the sidelines of the final of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League on Friday night.
InsideSport.in has learnt that Dravid will draw a whopping 10 Crore salary for the role. According to the available information, Dravid will be offered a two-year contract till 2023.
It is worth noting that the current coach of the Indian team Ravi Shastri draws 5.5 Cr in annual salary & Dravid has been offered almost double the amount.
- Ravi Shastri Salary – 5.5 Cr + Bonuses
- Rahul Dravid Offered Salary – 10 Cr + Bonuses. Also, it is to be noted that Dravid draws 7 Cr Salary as HEAD of NCA.
