Sourav Ganguly Is Very Interested in Coaching Indian Cricket Team

Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of India shared his aspires to be India’s cricket coach on Friday. However, right now there is no chance as he said his plate is full. Although the search is on for the new coach of India as the current coach Ravi Shastri’s term will end after the West Indies series.

“Definitely, I’m interested but not at this point of time. Let one more phase go then I will throw my name into the fray,” Sourav Ganguly said.

Ganguly is currently the president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the mentor of the IPL franchise Delhi Capitals. He also does commentary.

“Currently, I’m associated with too many things — IPL, CAB, TV commentary. Let me complete this. But I will definitely put my hat at some stage. Provided I get selected. But definitely I’m interested. Not now but in the future,” Ganguly told.

He was the chairman of the previous Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) and they picked Ravi Shastri as the India coach last time. However, Kapil Dev led recently-appointed CAC, alongside Anshuman Gaekwad and Shanta Rangaswamy will soon pick the new coach. However, India captain Virat Kohli said he would like to have Shastri as the coach. Even his opinion will be “respected” as said by Kapil Dev.

“Going by the applicants, I don’t see any heavyweight names. I heard Mahela (Jayawardene) would apply but ultimately he didn’t. There are not many big names who have applied for the coach’s job. Ultimately I don’t know what the panel will decide. They have been around for a while. We will see how long the term the coach will give. Not many names have applied for,” Ganguly said.

“I will hold my opinion on that. I don’t think it’s right for me to say about that. I’m too far from the system that decides the coach,” Ganguly further added.

However, India are all set to play their first series against West Indies after the ICC World Cup.

“West Indies in West Indies will be a lot stronger. T20 is their preferred format. They enjoy playing T20s and they are the current World T20 champions. The two matches in Florida will be tough games,” expressed the former captain.

“Test matches will also be tough as they played very well against England. It won’t be an easy West Indies tour as it was five years ago. India will be challenged. There are a lot of young players in the team,” Ganguly shared.

“As I’ve said before you want to see these young players get consistent opportunities. You keep saying horses for courses but I feel ‘don’t judge a horse if you want to keep them on the course’. Consistency is important for rhythm and confidence,” he further added.