Virat Kohli Responds to Reports About Rahul Dravid’s Appointment as Head Coach: “No Idea Exactly What’s Happening”

Rahul Dravid is all set to take over as the national cricket team's head coach following the T20 World Cup, having agreed to the BCCI's offer after initial reluctance to succeed incumbent Ravi Shastri.

Dubai: Indian captain Virat Kohli has responded to the reports about the legendary Rahul Dravid’s appointment as the head coach of the team after the T20 World Cup. Ravi Shastri’s tenure as the head coach of the Indian cricket team will end after the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Batting great and former captain Dravid is all set to take over as the national cricket team’s head coach following the T20 World Cup, having agreed to the BCCI’s offer after initial reluctance to succeed incumbent Ravi Shastri.

Kohli on Saturday said that he has no idea about what is happening at that front as BCCI has also not made any official comment on that.

“No idea exactly what’s happening on that front. No detailed discussion with anyone yet,” Kohli said when asked about Dravid’s appointment.

The India skipper was speaking during a captains’ media session ahead of the T20 World Cup that begins in the UAE and Oman with the first round matches on Sunday.

The 48-year-old Dravid, one of the greatest ever to have played for India, has been in charge of the national ‘A’ and U-19 set-up for the past six years and a lot of players such as Rishabh Pant, Avesh Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, and Shubman Gill have come through the system prepared by him.

He currently heads the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru and was in Dubai during the just-concluded IPL to meet his former teammate and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Board secretary Jay Shah for an elaborate discussion.

Dravid coached the second-tier Indian team on the Sri Lanka tour earlier this year as Shastri was in the UK with the senior members of the team for five-match Test series.