Jason Gillespie took a long hard look at Indian Head Coach position

Former Australian pace bowler, Jason Gillespie, confessed that he was fickle minded about applying for the position of Indian Head Coach before he realised that he was not quite up for the job. Dizzy also revealed that he was also interested in coaching the Sri Lankan team but given the reputation of the board with foreign coaches, Gillespie thought otherwise.

Gillespie, who is currently contracted with Papua New Guinea, was recommended by Ravi Shastri during the interview with CAC. However, Shastri settled for Bharath Arun as the full-time bowling coach while Zaheer was named as the bowling consultant for specific overseas tour. Dizzy also congratulated the new coach of the Indian Cricket team for his new job.

Gillespie congratulating Shastri

“I talked a lot about that with my family. I to’ed and fro’ed. I had days where I thought, ‘right, I’m definitely applying for it, I’m going to have a crack and see how far I get’. Other days where I wasn’t so sure. In the end I just felt I wasn’t quite ready for that opportunity.” commented Jason Gillespie according to cricket.com.au.

“I think it would have been a wonderful job and I congratulate Ravi Shastri on getting that job. Maybe one day in a couple of years that’d be something I’d seriously consider.” Gillespie later added that India’s decision to appoint Shastri did not necessarily mark a shift toward local coaches being the favoured option.

Dizzy Sceptical about opening in SLC

“Sri Lanka was one of my favourite places to tour as a player, I loved playing cricket there, I love the country, it’d be a fantastic job. But, and this is with all due respect, they haven’t had a history of sticking with their coaches for too long so that would definitely be in the back of all coaches’ minds. The recent history over last five or so years, there’s been a high turnover of coaches so that certainly would be in the back of coaches’ minds – it’d be in the back of my mind.” concluded a sceptical Gillespie.