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Ricky Ponting has been the coach of Mumbai Indians before Delhi Capitals in IPL.
Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting has revealed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India had approached him for the post of head coach of Team India, but he is not ready for it yet.
However his son wants him to take this responsibility. Ponting has worked with the Australian T-20 and ODI teams.
During a conversation with ICC Review, Ponting said that I have seen many reports regarding the coach of Team India, in which it is being said that I will become the coach. Yes, I have discussed this face to face during IPL, so that I can know whether I am ready to take this post or not.
I would love to become the coach of the national team, but if you work with the Indian team, you cannot join the IPL team. I am associated with Delhi Capitals. Apart from this, the job of head coach is for 10 or 11 months of the year. It doesn’t fit into my lifestyle right now. My family and my children have spent the last five weeks with me at the IPL and they come every year.
I talked to my son about it, he said just accept it. We would love to visit India for the next few years. We like living in India and its culture. But I want to give my time to my family.
The last date to apply for the head coach of Team India is 27th May.
The board had released the advertisement for the candidates late night on 13 April. The last date to apply for the post of Head Coach is till 6 pm on 27th May. The tenure of the new head coach of Team India will be for a period of three and a half years from July 2024 to December 2027 for all three formats.
Chief coach’s tenure will be for three years
The tenure of the Chief Coach of Team India will be for three years. Which will start from July 2024 till December 2027. At present there will be chief coaches for all formats.
Ponting is associated with many other T-20 leagues including the coach of Delhi Capitals.
Ponting is currently the head coach of Delhi Capitals team in IPL and is also associated with many other T20 leagues. He is the head of strategy for Hobart Hurricanes in the Australian T20 League. He is the chief coach of Washington Freedom team in the American Cricket League.
Dravid became head coach in November 2021
Rahul Dravid was made the head coach of India in November 2021, when Team India was out of the group stage of the T-20 World Cup. The team again played the semi-finals in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Dravid’s tenure was over after the ODI World Cup in 2023, but due to Team India reaching the final, his tenure was extended till the T20 World Cup.
