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‘Ek match aur dedo Rahul Dravid ko’ – Fans react as VVS Laxman likely to be India’s new head coach
VVS Laxman is likely to be the new Head coach of India. After the loss of the Indian team in the ODI World Cup 2023, India is likely to see a new coach in all the formats. The reports suggest that Rahul Dravid is not keen to extend his contract with the Indian team. India lost the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
After the loss in the big match against Australia, the players and coaches are trying to recover from the shock. But the news of Laxman taking over India has gone viral. The former Indian batter has been the head of the National Cricket Academy over the last few months. it has prompted the Indian management to think of him as the new candidate to lead India as the guru.
Whenever Dravid used to take leaves or India was to tour with a young side in some of the tours where Dravid was unavailable, like the Asian Games 2023, Laxman acted as the alternative coach for India. It gives Laxman an edge over other candidates in line for becoming the coaches of India, as Laxman is well aware of the nature of the Indian players in the current setup.
Rahul Dravid’s stint as the Indian coach
While Laxman is set to take over India, the contribution of Rahul Dravid is not to be forgotten. Dravid took over the responsibility of India under difficult turmoil. There was a transition period in India, as Rohit Sharma was appointed the new captain following the bad performance of the team in the T20 World Cup 2021. Under Dravid, India reached new heights in some of the bilateral series.
India won the away ODI series in England and won the T20I series against New Zealand. India remained unbeaten, as usual, in the home Test series. India reached the final of the WTC final 2023 and the ODI World Cup 2023. In 2022, India reached the semifinal of the T20 World Cup. India won the Asia Cup 2023 after losing the previous edition of the tournament in 2022.
Here’s how the fans reacted to the news –
India needs a foreign coach who has previous experience of coaching an international side.
John Wright was last Trophy winning coach for India
After that Shastri and Kumble had no experience and Dravid only coached at u-19 level.
Laxman has only coached in IPL
Will be another…— Pricviz (@Pric_viz_) November 23, 2023
Ashish Nehra should be coach?
— Pankaj (@Pankaj41627) November 23, 2023
Rahul dravid is very unlucky….as a player and also as a coach.💔💔
— बैंक_पंडित (@ramgurjar3594) November 23, 2023
Bring aggressive foreign Coach we’ll win ICC tournament 💥💥
— King Appu 𝕏 (@itsKingAppu) November 23, 2023
Bad stuff
VVS Lakshman also consulted Sun Chargers Hyderabad in IPL and that team usually remains at the bottom of the table 😂— Suyash Bharadwaj (@Suyash75) November 23, 2023
Ek match aur de do rahul dravid ko kam se kam coaching se to sahi se farewell de do as a player to diya nahi tha
— भाई साहब (@Bhai_saheb) November 23, 2023
David should work with the U19 team.
— umair khan (@ksz399) November 23, 2023
Rahul Dravid RN : pic.twitter.com/4An4E7YBym
— UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) November 23, 2023
Arey thode se aggressive cricketers ko coach banwao yar. Kya yeh sb rahul ,laxman ko banate phir rahe 😭
— Aditya (@AdityaDntCare) November 23, 2023
Ab India SRH ban jayega 😭😭
— Soni Raj Singh (@SRKkiSoni) November 23, 2023