Ravi Shastri Appointed as New Indian cricket Team coach

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The Drama surrounding the resignation and subsequent appointment of a coach for the Indian men's cricket team had a rather predictable end as former India captain Ravi Shastri was named for the post in place of Anil Kumble.

The former team director will hold the post for two years, untill the ICC 2019 World Cup. Shastri was carded to be the front-runner once he applied for the post on July 3.

His name was approved by the BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. Sources had said that Shastri had applied for the post after being convinced to do so by Tendulkar.

With Shastri as team director, India reached the semi-finals of 2015 ICC World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. They reached the last four at the back of seven wins on the trot. India recorded a 3-0 win over Australia in the T20 series Down Under and against South Africa at home,India managed to win the test series 3-0.

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