Dropped from Sri Lanka Test series, wicketkeeper Saha said head coach Rahul Dravid had asked him to think about retiring despite earlier assurances from BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly.
Laxman's appointment will come into effect before BCCI's annual general meeting on 4 December. He had initially declined the offer as he was reluctant to shift base to Bengaluru.
The 47-year-old former India captain will take charge from the upcoming home series against New Zealand. Dravid was presently working as the head of National Cricket Academy.
Rahul Dravid reportedly agreed to take over the post after T20 WC. BCCI needs to put in place a Cricket Advisory Committee, which will formally recommend his name to apex council.
Former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid has been in charge of the India A and U-19 set up for the past six years. He currently heads National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
In his book 'Believe', retired Indian cricketer Suresh Raina writes with Bharat Sundaresan that he never feared anyone more than Rahul Dravid on and off the cricket field.
The strength of Bombay cricket was built on the shoulders of coaches like Vasoo Paranjape, Rahul Dravid writes in the book 'Cricket Drona' by Jatin Paranjape and Anand Vasu.
Dhoni stayed an enigma through his career that came to an end Saturday. But one long hard look at his retirement video will give you a glimpse into his inner workings.
The former India captain was responding to the England and Wales Cricket Board's plans to set up bio-secure venues to host Pakistan and the West Indies later this summer.
Just as the economic waste of centralised planning is being realised, the failure on the agricultural front is also making a dent on doctrinaire thinking in the Soviet Union, AD Shroff wrote in 1964.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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