Team India: The schedule of the current head coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid, ended after the ODI World Cup played last year. But the Board of Control for Cricket in India had extended his tenure till T20 World Cup 2024. Now last Monday, the board released the advertisement for the new head coach for the Indian team.

However, meanwhile, it is being claimed in media reports that BCCI wants to see former Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the role of the new head coach and he has also been requested to apply for this.

MS Dhoni's mentor will become the head coach of Team India

In fact, Indian Express has claimed in one of its reports that BCCI wants to make the current head coach of Chennai Super Kings, Stephen Fleming, the head coach of Team India after Rahul Dravid. The report states that informal discussions have already taken place with Fleming regarding this matter. However, he has not yet given any information to the CSK management about leaving the franchise. This is the reason why Chennai Super Kings is also considering extending his tenure.

Fleming has been associated with CSK for a long time

It is noteworthy that Stephen Fleming has been the head coach of Chennai Super Kings since 2009. Under his guidance and captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the franchise won the IPL title 5 times. Apart from this, he coached Melbourne Stars in Big Bash for four years. He is also the head coach of Johannesburg Super Kings in SA20 and Texas Super Kings in Major League Cricket. Both these teams are part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise. At the same time, Stephen is the head coach of Southern Brave in 'The Hundred' played in England.

Cricket career has been like this

Talking about the cricket career of 51 year old Stephen Fleming, he has played 111 Test and 280 ODI matches for New Zealand. The left-handed batsman had scored 7172 runs in Test cricket at an average of 40.07. This also includes 12 centuries and 46 half-century innings. Whereas in ODI, Stephen scored 8037 runs at an average of 32.41. In white ball cricket, he has scored 8 centuries and 49 half-centuries. He has also represented the Kiwis in the T20 format, but was not very successful here.