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After all the speculations over the last month, it has been finally learnt that outgoing Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was been formally been approached to coach India.

Indian cricket manager Ravi Shastri formally asked the present Bangladesh coach during his side’s ongoing tour to Bangladesh to take up the role as the next coach.

Whatmore’s contract with Bangladesh ends after the Test series against India. The 53-year-old Australian led Sri Lanka to their maiden World Cup win in 1996, and helped Bangladesh to the Super Eight stages in the World Cup earlier this year.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was also keen on hiring Whatmore as their next coach after the death of Bob Woolmer. But media reports suggest that he has turned down that offer.

�Well, Ravi (Shastri) just confirmed that �I would be happy� to have my name put forward as a candidate. That�s the start and the end of it. Whether anything materializes from that is just left to be seen and on my part, strictly confidential,� Whatmore said.

�I believe a couple of (Indian) officials are expected to come to Bangladesh specifically for the first Test match here in Chittagong. If there is an opportunity to progress in terms of dialogue, then that�s fine. I�ll be more than happy,� the Bangladesh coach added.

Whatmore had expressed his desire to coach the Indian team shortly after his side pulled off a shock upset on the 1983 world champions in the World Cup.

Asked on the challenges he faces after Greg Chappell resigned from the India job on unhappy terms, Whatmore said it won�t be tough to work with the Indian superstars.

However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India�s (BCCI) officials were not too keen on disclosing the details of the offer made to the outgoing Bangladesh coach.

Whatmore has been on BCCI�s radar for his vast experiences and success with teams from the sub-continent.
Source:The News