Team India: The tenure of the current head coach of Team India, Rahul Dravid, will end after the T20 World Cup 2024 to be played in America and West Indies next month. It is reported that he was requested to extend his tenure by one year, but he refused.

Now BCCI has also started inviting applications for the new head coach. Meanwhile, the market of speculation is also hot. Many big names like Ricky Ponting, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh are seen in the race to become the next head coach of Team India. But BCCI has decided to give this responsibility to a close aide of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

This veteran will become the next head coach of Team India

It is noteworthy that Indian Express had claimed in one of its reports a few days ago that BCCI wants to make the current head coach of Chennai Super Kings, Stephen Fleming, as the next head coach of Team India. For this, informal discussions have also taken place with Fleming. But there has been no further discussion on this matter from Fleming's side. On the other hand, news has also come out that Chennai Super Kings is also considering extending his tenure. In this way, BCCI has requested former CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to convince Stephen Fleming.

Dhoni's responsibility to convince Stephen Fleming

Actually, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) may no longer be the captain of Chennai Super Kings, but he still has a role in the franchise. It is said that Ruturaj Gaikwad was made the captain of the team only on the instructions of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In such a situation, BCCI wants Dhoni to help in making Stephen Fleming the head coach of Team India.

Fleming has long experience of coaching

It is noteworthy that Stephen Fleming has been the head coach of Chennai Super Kings since 2009. Under his guidance, the franchise won the IPL title 5 times. Apart from this, Fleming coached Melbourne Stars in Australia's Big Bash League for four years.

He is also the head coach of Johannesburg Super Kings in South Africa's SA20 and Texas Super Kings in Major League Cricket. Both these teams are part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise. Not only this, Stephen is the head coach of Southern Brave in 'The Hundred' tournament played in England.