Ravi Shastri is all set to exit as Team India's head coach after T20 World Cup 2021. The former India all-rounder had first taken over as head coach in 2017.While many have expressed interested to take up the coveted job, one of the names which has once again emerged for the job is that of Tom Moody. The former Australia batsman has been keen to take up the job right since 2005 but has always fallen short. Tom Moody is expected to apply for the high profile job of Indian cricket team’s next head coach for a fourth time, following the conclusion of the upcoming T20 World Cup, according to a media report.
The 56-year-old Moody, who currently serves as IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad and Sri Lanka’s director of cricket, has expressed his desire to coach the Indian side before, applying thrice for the top job in the past, including in 2017 and 2019, but has never been considered. Moody, who was Sunrisers’ coach for seven years from 2013 to 2019, led the franchise to their only IPL title in 2016 with compatriot David Warner as skipper. He was replaced by former England World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss before being named the franchise’s director of cricket. Moody has also coached Sri Lanka. According to the report, Moody’s aspiration to coach Team India led to the decision to strip Warner from captaincy earlier this season and then drop him from the playing XI in the last few games. “It’s believed the Sunrisers’ owners are influential figures in the BCCI, which could explain the decision to leave Warner out for their past half-a-dozen matches and turn to youth.”
