Ravi Shastri gets re-appointed as head coach for team India

Team Udayavani, Aug 16, 2019, 6:45 PM IST

Mumbai: Ravi Shastri will continue as the head coach of Team India. The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy on Friday re-appointed Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian team till November 24, 2021.

Kapil Dev said that the three CAC members gave numbers to all the contenders and after the final tally. Shastri on Friday came on top leaving behind Mike Hesson of New Zealand and Australian Tom Moody.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had invited applications for the head coach’s position after the contracts of Shastri and his support staff ended following the ICC World Cup in July 2019.

This will be Shastri’s fourth stint with the national team, having served briefly as the Cricket Manager (2007 tour of Bangladesh), Team Director (2014-2016) and head coach (2017-2019).