BCCI wants batting great involved with national side
Dravid linked with India mentor role
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is reported to be chasing Rahul Dravid to take on a mentoring role with the national side.
Dravid, who played for India from 1996-2012 and is the fourth-highest Test runs-scorer of all time, performed a similar, albeit less official, role with India in the lead-up to the team's 3-1 series defeat to England.
"Dravid is attached to the Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming Champions League," an Indian official told the Indian Express.
"However, we have big plans for Rahul.
"We want him to be the permanent mentor of the Indian team.
"He understands these players like nobody else and the players respect him also.
"We will ask him to take up the role during the home series against West Indies and also when the team travels to Australia for the Test series."
With newly appointed director of the national side Ravi Shastri taking over the reins for the ODI series with England, the future of current coach Duncan Fletcher - as well as bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penney, both of whom have been 'rested' for the series - looks all but sealed.
“Fletcher himself has to decide what his future will be," the official added.
"He is a professional and we are paying him a good amount, so it is natural to expect big results from him.
"We don’t doubt his cricketing knowledge but we need someone who can also communicate well with the boys and also motivate them to become mentally tougher.
"We have options when it comes to appointing new coaching staff.
"Enough feelers have been sent to Fletcher in the last meeting and the BCCI will be expecting him to resign after England tour."