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Did KL Rahul’s advice force Jastin Langer to reject India’s head coach job offer?

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Justin Langer denied India's head coach job after KL Rahul's 'pressure and politics' advice

Former Australia opener Justin Langer has opted out of the race to become India’s head coach job after a “good bit of advice” from KL Rahul. Langer, who has taken the coaching responsibilities of Australia for 4 years, was recently associated with LSG in IPL 2024.

The legendary opener has been linked with India’s head coach role which will get vacant after the T20 World Cup 2024. Current coach Rahul Dravid’s contract will be complete at the end of the ICC event and there are reports that he doesn’t want to continue. So, BCCI invited applications for the new head coach role.

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Besides Justin Langer, a number of big names including that of CSK coach Stephen Fleming and DC’s Ricky Pointing have been linked with the job. However, Langer has ruled himself out of the race.

“It would be an awesome job, but not for me at the moment,” Langer told BBC’s Stumped Podcast. “I also know that it’s an all-encompassing role, and having done it for four years with the Australian team, honestly, it’s exhausting. And that’s the Australian job.”

Langer revealed a piece of advice from Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul about the pressure and politics in Team India was also one reason.

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“You never say never. And the pressure of doing it in India, I was talking to KL Rahul and he said, ‘You know if you think there’s pressure and politics in an IPL team, multiply that by a thousand, coaching India’. That was a good bit of advice, I guess,” he revealed.

Langer is not the only big name to decide against joining Team India.

Ricky Ponting recently said that he will not be applying for the job as his current “lifestyle” doesn’t allow him to take out time for it while Royal Challengers Bengaluru coach Andy Flower said he won’t be applying as he is happy with franchise cricket.

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While coming back to Langer, he had been Australia’s head coach from May 2018 to February 2022. He had taken over in the immediate aftermath of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal and has initially earned praise for how he and captain Tim Paine led the team out of the situation.

However, the situation deteriorated towards the end and he resigned amid rumours of him falling out with the players and new captain Pat Cummins. Langer feels that the pressure that would come with the coaching job might be far worse than anything he had to go through with Australia though.

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