DTVHINDIVVS Laxman turned down the offer of IPL coach, will remain head of NCA for next one year
VVS Laxman’s tenure has been extended by one year. VVS Laxman (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian veteran player VVS Laxman has put an end to all speculations by accepting the offer to extend his tenure as the head of NCA (National Cricket Academy). VVS Laxman’s tenure has been extended for one year. Let us tell you, VVS Laxman took over as the NCA chief in November 2021, his three-year contract is ending in September 2024. According to media reports, Laxman was offered the post of head coach by an IPL franchise, due to which he did not want to become the head of NCA again. VVS Laxman will work together with these legends Sitashu Kotak, Sairaj Bahutule and Rishikesh Kanitkar will work as assistant coaches along with VVS Laxman. During his first three-year tenure, Laxman has prepared a roadmap for injury management, player rehab, coaching program and senior team, junior team and women’s team. As NCA head, he will again work to hone new talent and train the players. VVS Laxman was the head coach of India during the Zimbabwe tour After the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India went on a tour of Zimbabwe for a five-match T20 series. VVS Laxman was the head coach of the team in this tour. Because Rahul Dravid’s tenure as head coach ended after the T20 World Cup and Gautam Gambhir was going to take charge from the Sri Lanka tour. In the first T20 match of the Zimbabwe tour, India had to face defeat by 13 runs under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. But then the team won the remaining four matches and won the series 4-1. The new National Cricket Academy will be inaugurated soon The new National Cricket Academy is going to be inaugurated soon in Bengaluru. The new National Cricket Academy has three world class sports grounds, indoor cricket pitches including 45 practice pitches. The new NCA also has training recovery, sports science facilities as well as an Olympic size swimming pool, which will help in the rehab of cricketers and also help the players prepare before the important cricket season.
“Don’t want to host it in India…” Why did Jay Shah reject the offer to host Women’s T20 World Cup in the country?
Jay Shah rejects ICC’s proposal to host ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Jay Shah (Pic Source-Twitter) Jay Shah on Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: There has been a political upheaval in Bangladesh in the last few days, due to which there is a tense atmosphere in Bangladesh. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 was scheduled to be held in Bangladesh. But given the tense atmosphere, it seems difficult for this tournament to be organized in Bangladesh. There was news that Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had requested India to host the World Cup tournament. After this, discussions started that this competition could be organized in India. But now big information is coming out that BCCI has rejected this request. It is being told that BCCI has taken this decision by giving more priority to the Test series against Bangladesh. Why did Jay Shah reject the request to host Women’s T20 World Cup in India? Speaking to the Times of India, Jai Shah said, “They had asked if BCCI could host the Women’s T20 World Cup, but I flatly refused. At that time we will be in the monsoon season and next year we have to host the Women’s ODI World Cup anyway. I do not want to create a misconception that we want to host consecutive World Cup tournaments.” Let us tell you that the Women’s T20 World Cup will be played in 2 grounds of Bangladesh from 3-20 October. But due to the coup in the country, the tournament seems unlikely to be organized. In such a situation, the ICC is keeping an eye on the whole matter. The series against Bangladesh is important: Jai Shah An exciting match of the Test series is going to be played between both the teams of India and Bangladesh. From September 19, both these teams will take the field for a series of 2 Test matches. Talking about this series, Jai Shah has said that the Test series against Bangladesh is very important for us. Actually, the Test series against Bangladesh will be important for the Indian team to reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship. Both teams will play a series of 2 Tests and 3 T20 matches. The first match of the Test series will be played between 19 September and 23 September. This match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Bengaluru. The second match of the series will be played between 27 September and 1 October. After this the T20 series will start. 3 matches of the series will be played on 6, 9 and 12 October respectively.
Wasim Akram rejected the offer of PCB CEO post citing family commitments, read big news
Akram has worked a lot with Pakistan cricket in the past Wasim Akram (Photo Source: After Pakistan’s humiliating defeat against India in the ICC T20 World Cup in New York in June this year, former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram was seen strongly criticizing the team. In his statement, Akram had sharply criticized the Pakistan cricket team and said that now the time has come for big changes in Pakistan cricket. However, now when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to the legendary cricketer regarding these changes, he has rejected it citing family commitments. According to some media reports of Cricket Pakistan, the former cricketer was offered the post of CEO or Chief Advisor of Pakistan Cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board, but he has rejected it due to personal reasons. It is worth noting that Wasim currently lives in Lahore district of Pakistan, but he often visits Australia. On the other hand, after Akram rejected this post, PCB has offered this post to former Pakistani fast bowler and coach Waqar Younis, who lives in Australia. Younis has also shown interest in this post. Now it will be interesting to see how long it takes for PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi to bring Waqar Younis back to Pakistan cricket? A look at Wasim Akram’s cricket career If we give you information about Wasim Akram’s cricket career, then in his 19-year cricket career, he has played 104 Test and 356 ODI matches for the Pakistan cricket team. During this time, Akram has taken 414 Test and 502 ODI wickets. Also, in the world of cricket, Akram is known as the Sultan of Swing.
Big news! Rahul Dravid got a big offer from KKR for IPL 2025, will replace Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir will soon be appointed as the next head coach of Team India. He will replace Rahul Dravid in the Indian team and will join the team later this month before the series against Sri Lanka. According to reports, the left-handed batsman has already shot a video saying goodbye to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fans at Eden Gardens and BCCI will soon appoint him. Interestingly, KKR has approached Dravid to replace Gambhir as mentor for IPL 2025. After his tenure as India’s head coach ended, Dravid is not currently associated with any team, so KKR wanted to include Dravid in their team. KKR has contacted Gautam Gambhir for IPL 2025 According to the news of News18 Bangla, Rahul Dravid has been contacted by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team and they want Dravid to join the team as a mentor in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. But the former Indian coach has not yet responded to this. During Dravid’s tenure, Team India won the T20 World Cup 2024, won the Asia Cup, reached the final of the World Cup 2023 and the World Test Championship. Gambhir was the mentor of KKR in 2024 and KKR won the title. After this, BCCI was constantly talking to Gambhir about the post of head coach. Recently Gambhir has returned from Kolkata. It is being said that he has had a farewell in Kolkata and soon BCCI can seal his name as the head coach. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, the Indian team is currently playing a five-match T20 International series on the Zimbabwe tour and after this, Team India has to go on a Sri Lanka tour next month. VVS Laxman has gone on the Zimbabwe tour as the head coach and there are reports that Gautam Gambhir will take over his post before the tour against Sri Lanka.
‘I am unemployed from next week, is there any offer’ Rahul Dravid quipped on the end of his coaching tenure with Team India
Rahul Dravid’s coaching contract with Team India is over after the T20 World Cup 2024. Rahul Dravid (Image Credit- Twitter X) India played the final match of T20 World Cup 2024 with South Africa on 29 June. In the final match played at the Barbados ground, Team India performed brilliantly and won by 7 wickets, ending the drought of not winning the ICC trophy for 11 years. So with this victory, Team India has also given a grand farewell to its head coach Rahul Dravid, whose coaching contract with the team ended after the T20 World Cup. Also, after the final match, a video of Dravid is becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which he has jokingly said that he is going to be unemployed from next week, if anyone is off, please let me know. Rahul Dravid took a dig at his coaching tenure Let us tell you that Rahul Dravid is seen giving an interview after the India vs South Africa T20 World Cup final match. According to this viral video, Dravid says- Life is going to be the same for me from next week. I am going to be unemployed next week, is there any offer. Watch this viral video of Rahul Dravid “I am Unemployed from next week, any offers..?” ,You just can’t hate Jamie ❤️ pic.twitter.com/tLECUD69OJ — Prasanna Ganesh Thunga (@_monkinthecity_) June 30, 2024 Also, let us tell you that after winning the T20 World Cup final, captain Rohit Sharma and former captain and legendary batsman Virat Kohli have decided to say goodbye to this format. Everyone in the cricket world is surprised by this decision of Rohit and Kohli. However, he had to say goodbye to this format at some point, and there can be no bigger moment than saying goodbye to the game after winning the T20 World Cup. Rohit and Kohli are among the highest run-scorers in T20 Internationals, Rohit has scored 4231 runs in T20 and Kohli has scored 4188 runs.
Did Shaheen Afridi really turn down the offer of vice-captaincy…? Pakistan board broke silence
Media reports claimed that Shaheen Afridi had received an offer of vice-captaincy from the Pakistan Cricket Board. Shaheen Afridi (Image Credit- Twitter X) The T20 World Cup 2024 is to be played from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. The Pakistan cricket team has recently announced a 15-member squad for the tournament. In the last T20 World Cup, the Pak team reached the final under the captaincy of Babar Azam, this time too the team would like to show something special. Recently, some media reports claimed that Shaheen Afridi had received an offer of vice-captaincy from the Pakistan Cricket Board, but he turned it down. Now the board has given a big statement calling these reports false. There is no need to appoint a vice-captain- Pakistan Board According to a Cricbuzz report, there were discussions about appointing a vice-captain, but the selection committee felt there was no need for it. The source said, ‘The issue of vice-captaincy came up for discussion during the selection committee meeting on Friday but it was agreed that there was no need to appoint a vice-captain. Hence, no player was offered the vice-captaincy. This has been documented as it is part of the minutes of the meeting. There has been a big upheaval in Pakistan cricket since the ODI World Cup 2023. Babar Azam resigned from the captaincy of all three formats. After which Shaheen Shah Afridi was handed over the captaincy. However, after a few months he was also removed, and before the T20 World Cup, Babar Azam was handed over the captaincy again. Before the T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan has recently played T20 series against New Zealand and Ireland under the captaincy of Babar. The series against New Zealand ended in a 2-2 draw. At the same time, the team won the series against Ireland 1-2. At the same time, the team is currently playing a four-match T20 series against England. The first match of the series was canceled due to rain. In the second match, England won by 23 runs.
Ricky Ponting rejected the offer of head coach, said- I asked my son about this but…..
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he received an offer to become India’s next head coach during the IPLDravid’s tenure as head coach will end after the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is looking for a new candidate to take over the high-profile role. As a great batsman and a three-time World Cup winner with Australia, Ponting is being touted as a potential successor to Dravid. Ponting has revealed that he has recently been approached to become India’s next head coach. However, he is not very interested in it. He has also given the reason behind this. Ricky Ponting does not want to become the head coach of Team India Australia great Ricky Ponting told ICC, “I have seen a lot of reports about it. Normally these things come out on social media before you know it, but there was some small personal conversation during the IPL. Just to know from me whether I am interested in it or not?” Let us tell you that Ponting has refused to take the role of head coach of Team India because he wants to spend time with his family. He further added, “I would love to coach a national team, but I have other things in my life and I want to spend some time at home. Everyone knows that if you work with the Indian team then you cannot be included in any IPL team. “Also, the job of a national head coach is 10 or 11 months of the year and as much as I want to do it, it just doesn’t fit into my lifestyle right now and the things I really enjoy doing.” Along with this, Ponting mentioned the IPL and said, “My family and my kids have spent the last five weeks with me in the IPL and they come every year and I asked my son about this, and I said, ‘Your dad has been offered the Indian coaching job’ and he said, ‘Just take it dad, we would love to go there for the next few years.’
PCB is stumbling from pillar to post in its quest for a foreign head coach; After Shane Watson, now this legend rejected the offer
The PCB had agreed to pay Shane Watson a salary of $2 million for the role of head coach. Pakistan Cricket Team. (Image Source: PCB X) No high-profile cricketer is ready to take the post of head coach of the Pakistan cricket team, and now the name of West Indies legend Darren Sammy has also been added to the list, and this is according to the Pakistan Cricket Board.PCB) is a double blow. In fact, after Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, now former West Indies captain Darren Sammy has reportedly rejected the offer of the post of head coach of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Darren Sammy and Shane Watson rejected PCB’s offer Let us tell you, Darren Sammy is currently associated with Cricket West Indies (CWI) as the head coach of the West Indies limited overs team, and citing this, he rejected PCB’s offer to coach the Pakistan cricket team. Is. Earlier, Shane Watson also rejected PCB’s offer after returning home on the night of 16 March. A source revealed that senior PCB officials discussed the matter with Watson in Karachi during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024, where they offered him the role of head coach. He initially showed interest when the PCB reportedly agreed to all the demands, but declined. Watson was angry with the proposed package being leaked According to The News report, a source revealed, “However, despite the PCB almost agreeing to Shane Watson’s salary demands, the Australian cricketer refused to take up the position because he was unhappy with the Pakistani media and social media over his proposed package. Was angry at being leaked to the media.” The former Australian all-rounder reportedly turned down the PCB’s offer citing his prior commitments as a commentator in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and USA League, as well as spending more time with his young family in Sydney.
