AB de Villiers to Replace Rahul Dravid as India’s Next Head Coach? Here’s What Former RCB Star Said

Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers not ruling out the possibility of coaching.

Mumbai: The race for India’s next coach has got spiced up with former South African cricketer AB de Villiers not ruling out the possibility of coaching. The former SA cricketer was posed this question and to that he said he has not given it a serious thought. But, he also said that he would not mind coaching. He also said with time anything is possible.

“I absolutely have no idea. I do think I’ll enjoy coaching. I think there’s certain elements I won’t enjoy as much, which I will have to learn. With time, anything is possible and I can think on my feet and learn as I move on,” De Villiers told News18.

“But I think there are elements of a coaching job that I’ll enjoy a lot. Things that I’ve learned over the years, the maturity that I’ve got now at the age of 40, looking back, a lot of things look a lot clearer when I look back at my career. So those kind of learnings could be valuable for some younger players, even some senior players,” De Villiers added.

Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer has snubbed the idea of applying for the head coach job following advise from KL Rahul. Langer revealed that Rahul spoke of the pressure and the politics that exists in cricket in India.

“It would be an amazing job, [but] I have [put myself out of contention],” Langer said on BBC’s Stumped podcast.

The next few days would be interesting to see who are now the realistic options.