Shastri, Zaheer, Dravid in India's new coaching team

Ravi Shastri, the former India allrounder and team director, has been appointed head coach of the national side until the 2019 World Cup. Zaheer Khan has been named bowling consultant for the same tenure, while Rahul Dravid will be India's batting consultant for overseas Test series.

Their first assignment is the Test series in Sri Lanka, which begins on July 26.

The confirmation came late on Tuesday night after the CoA impressed upon the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendullkar and VVS Laxman, the urgent need to end the uncertainty over the next India coach.

The vacancy arose because Anil Kumble resigned after the Champions Trophy in June, stating that his partnership with India captain Virat Kohli had become "untenable". India went to the West Indies to play a limited-overs series without a head coach.

Shastri was one of five candidates the CAC interviewed for the role, along with Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus and Lalchand Rajput. He had not applied when the BCCI invited applications for the first time, but did so after Kumble was no longer in the fray.

This is some news and finally they have decided the coaches for the respective departments. I am happy with this new team but I wonder what might have happened between Kohli and Kumble? Is Kohli the sole reason for Kumble's resignment?

Kumble's a bit of a primadonna. I'm not surprised he and Kohli rubbed each other the wrong way. Dravid is the opposite of Kumble; he's like a cross between Sangakkara and Chanderpaul, wise, quiet, smart and aloof. Having him as a coach will make India's top order even better, I think. He will take the batsmen aside and give them one-on-one wisdom.

Honestly I am not sure with Shastri but he has good connection with team (at least it look like), so he do well with joining forces. Dravid looks really good with batting coaching . Let's see how it goes.