India’s T20 WC 2024 winning campaign brought to the end of tenure of Rahul Dravid and other coaching staffs like Vikram Rathour, Paras Mhambrey and T Dilip as Batting, Bowling and Fielding coaches respectively.
BCCI announced Gautam Gambhir as Head Coach on July 9.
Gambhir’s initial choice reportedly for Bowling coach was Vinay Kumar, which BCCI reportedly turned down & shortlisted few names themself.
News agency ANI citing BCCI sources has said former seamers Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji are being considered for the position of national team’s bowling coach.
“BCCI discussing the names of Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji for the position of bowling coach. BCCI is not interested in the name of Vinay Kumar,” sources told ANI.
India’s third-highest wicket-taker pacer in ODIs, legend Zaheer has picked up 311 Test wickets in 92 matches and overall, 610 scalps in 309 international matches across all formats for India.
Balaji has represented Team India in 8 Test matches where he has managed to snap 27 wickets at an average of 37.18. On the other hand, he has bagged 34 wickets in 30 ODIs at an average of 39.52.
It will be interesting to see the upcoming coaching panel. It’s also reported that legendary South African fielder Jonty Rhodes is in the radar for fielding coach.
