“Talks are happening between RR and Dravid, and an announcement on this regard is not far away,” a dependable supply informed TOI.
The 51-year-old has had a protracted relationship with RR, having been their captain who led them to the Champions League T20 remaining and IPL playoffs in 2013, earlier than taking up the mentor’s position in 2014 and 2015, after they completed third within the IPL.
From 2015, Dravid was related to the BCCI as the top coach of the India U-19 and India ‘A’ groups, then the chairman at NCA, earlier than lastly taking up the top coach of the senior workforce from October 2021.
It is not clear if the franchise would retain Kumar Sangakkara, who has been the Royals’ director of cricket since 2021 or relieve him after Dravid comes on board.
Bharucha oversees SL camp
In the meantime, Sri Lanka are taking the assistance of an Indian hand to arrange for the white-ball sequence towards India.
Zubin Bharucha, the high-performance director of the Royals, is at present taking a week-long ‘batting grasp class’ for Sri Lanka’s gamers in Colombo which ends on Tuesday. Bharucha is thought for his rigorous coaching strategies for the batsmen, which have performed a key position within the growth Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel.
“I am aiding Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) coaches in how they’re organising follow -from the academy to the worldwide gamers,” Bharucha informed TOI on Monday.
In keeping with a supply, it was Sangakkara who “advisable Bharucha identify for the particular coaching session”.
