‘Strain and politics’: KL Rahul’s ‘good’ recommendation that made Justin Langer pull out of India head coach race | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

‘Strain and politics’: KL Rahul’s ‘good’ recommendation that made Justin Langer pull out of India head coach race | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Tremendous Giants head coach Justin Langer was within the India head coach job however skipper KL Rahul‘s recommendation made him take a step again and rethink the large dedication he was going for.
Langer had beforehand stated that teaching the Indian staff could be a tremendous job however lately put himself out of rivalry.
Langer in a latest interview stated that Rahul instructed him managing Group India is a really excessive stress job and is a thousand instances tougher than managing an IPL franchise.
“It could be a tremendous job, [but] I’ve [put myself out of contention],” Langer stated on BBC’s Stumped podcast.
“I additionally know that it is an all-encompassing position, and having accomplished it for 4 years with the Australian staff, actually, it is exhausting. And that is the Australian job!”
“I used to be speaking to KL Rahul and he stated, ‘You already know, should you assume there’s stress and politics in an IPL staff, multiply that by a thousand, [that’s] teaching India. That was a superb bit of recommendation, I suppose,” Langer stated.
The deadline for functions for India head coach job closes on Could 27 and the likes of Australian greats Ricky Ponting, Langer and Kiwi legend Stephen Fleming have pulled out of the race.
Ponting on Thursday revealed he was approached to be India’s subsequent head cricket coach, however stated the calls for of the high-profile job meant he was unlikely to take it up.
Ponting, 49, is head coach of Delhi Capitals within the IPL and has tv commitments in Australia.