Twitterati not happy with Ravi Shastri's application for the post of India's head coach

After the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) extended the application date for the post of the head coach of Team India, former team director Ravi Shastri also applied for the post. Reportedly, it was Sachin Tendulkar who requested him to apply for the post. Since Shastri has the backing of captain Virat Kohli with who he is known to share a good rapport, of some of the BCCI officials, and also of Sachin, it can be safely assumed that he has a greater chance of becoming the next coach of Team India.

In fact, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar also praised Shastri saying that ever since he became the director of the team, its fortunes changed from bad to good. The 55-year-old had also applied for the post last year but had lost to Anil Kumble. Under Kumble’s 1 year tenure, the team performed really well. They also regained the No. 1 spot in Tests. However, an untenable relation between the coach and captain eventually meant that the coach’s stay had to be cut short.

However, many have looked at this whole episode as a pre-planned story. The conspiracy theorists opine that Kumble’s exit was scripted so that Shastri, Kolhi’s confidante, could become the next coach. There are many who feel that Shastri’s appointment as the coach will only prove that in Indian cricket, power vests in the hands of a few who can use it in any which way they would like it.

But if seen from a positive angle, his appointment can also be good news to India’s future because if the captain and coach share a good relationship, it will eventually only benefit the team. But for those who do not think along those lines, here are the tweets which talk about why Shastri is not fit to become the next coach of the team.

Here are few reactions from Twitter 

It's a shame on @sachin_rt , @SGanguly99 @VVSLaxman281 if #RaviShastri is made coach. Means these legends are just yes men of @imVkohli

— Sushant Shetty (@shetty_sushant) June 22, 2017

Really sad to see d state of Indian cricket where d captain is mre interested in selecting​ d coach of d team thn his cricket#RaviShastri

— Abhinav Agarwal (@Abhinowagarwal) July 3, 2017

Ravi Shastri Applies For Team India's Head Coach Position.. #RaviShastri n BCCI selectors are like… pic.twitter.com/WCdk4rBxto

— crime master gogo (@vipul2777) July 3, 2017

Close enough for Virat Kohli !!#RaviShastri pic.twitter.com/rgbc9C9JOX

— Boring… (@graphicalcomic) July 3, 2017

Coachman #RaviShastri ? pic.twitter.com/jXPtswSsQk

— Яøÿ (@MixedRaita) July 3, 2017

Stop politics in cricket,
Well #RaviShastri tumse na ho paayi.. ?
Missing #kumble badly.. ??

— Kajol (@kajol_0714) July 3, 2017

Ravi Shastri Applies For Team India's Head Coach Position. Team India Ready To Get Its Manmohan Singh #RaviShastri

RT If You Don't Want Him pic.twitter.com/zdmkRyGYuV

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 3, 2017

Kohli has pulled off a coup by getting #RaviShastri back as a coach. #Kohli should enter politics in 2019, to use these skills better!?

— Sara Ali Khan (@SaraKhanWorld) July 3, 2017