New Team India coach Ravi Shastri batting for Sachin Tendulkar as consultant?

After getting the last word on appointing the support staff, Team India head coach Ravi Shastri now has floated the idea of bringing Sachin Tendulkar as the team’s consultant for overseas tours.

According to a report in the Indian Express, BCCI is yet to approach the Master Blaster about the request made by Shastri.

Upon Shastri’s insistence, BCCI has already appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team’s bowling coach, ending days of confusion surrounding the position. Arun was India’s bowling coach during Shastri’s previous tenure as Team Director and the latter had insisted on his appointment in his soon-to-start second stint with the Indian team.

“I was in England and was watching tennis (the Wimbledon). I was very clear in my mind what my core team would be, what you just heard is my core team,” Shastri said after Chaudhary announced the appointment in a press conference on Tuesday.

Arun’s appointment marks a complete u-turn for the BCCI, which had named Zaheer Khan as bowling consultant initially before clarifying that it was for specific overseas tours. According to the daily, Zaheer wants to continue playing in the IPL and is willing to give up to 25 days a year for the national …read more