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Ricky Ponting: During IPL 2024, Australian great Ricky Ponting was approached about whether he would like to become the head coach of Team India after Rahul Dravid's tenure ends? Ponting revealed that he was recently approached to take over as India's next head coach. However, he also said that he is not interested in becoming the head coach at the moment.
Ponting recently completed his seventh season as the coach of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. However, his team missed the playoffs by a narrow margin. He is enjoying the responsibility of coaching in a league like the IPL. Ponting has been the interim coach of his country's T20 team, but he does not want to be with a high-profile team on a full-time basis for a long time.
Australian great Ricky Ponting told ICC, 'I have seen a lot of reports about this. Usually these things come on social media before you know it but there were some small personal conversations during the IPL. Just want to know from me whether I am interested in this or not. Ponting refused to take up the post of head coach of Team India because he wanted to spend time with his family.'
He further said, 'I would love to become a national team coach, but there are other things in my life and I want to spend some time at home. Everyone knows that if you work with the Indian team, you cannot be included in any IPL team. Apart from this, the work of a national head coach is for 10 or 11 months of the year, but now this is not possible.'
For this, the names of Justin Langer, Stephen Fleming and Gautam Gambhir are being considered. Referring to IPL, he said, 'My family and my children have spent the last five weeks with me in IPL and it comes every year and I asked my son that your father is being offered the Indian coaching job. So he said, 'Just take it, dad, we would love to go there for a few more years. He likes living there and the culture of cricket in India, but it does not fit into my lifestyle right now.'