Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on the appointment of Rahul Dravid as India head coach
Rahul Dravid himself confirmed that he is yet to sign the extension document and will not be able to comment anything about the tenure of his extension while coming out of the selection committee cum review meeting for the ODI World Cup in Delhi. According to multiple reports, however, it looks like Dravid is set to continue until the T20 World Cup next year.
Convincing Dravid to become the head coach of the senior side is nothing new for the board. It was during the tenure of Sourav Ganguly as BCCI president that Dravid was convinced to take over as the head coach after Ravi Shastri decided not to continue after the T20 World Cup in the UAE in 2021. Ganguly, a former India captain, was happy for his teammate's contract extension.
Ganguly said, “I'm not surprised that they have shown faith in Dravid. When I was president of the board, we convinced him to do this job. And I'm so happy to see yesterday that his tenure has been extended.”
"It was always the case, depending on whether he wanted it or not. I wish him luck for another World Cup in June. He was very close this time.
He also added that "they may not have won it, but they probably were the best team in the competition with the way they played. So he's got another seven months for a World Cup in the West Indies. Hopefully, at that time, he will not be a runner-up but a champion.”