Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that MS Dhoni is unlikely to become Team India’s head coach. He also added that the former Indian captain might not be willing to spend almost the entire year away from his family as well. However, Team India have had mixed results under Gautam Gambhir, their current head coach as well. On the other hand, Dhoni played for the CSK in IPL 2025 and will likely continue to be with the franchise once he quits playing as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “That is a big one. I don’t think he is interested. Coaching is a difficult job. Coaching keeps you as busy as you were when playing, and sometimes even more than that. You have a family, and you say that you have done the same thing your entire life, you have lived your life out of a suitcase, and you don’t want to do that job now.”
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“That is why a lot of players don’t get into coaching, and even if they do, it’s a two-month IPL stint. However, if you become a full-time Indian head coach, it’s a commitment of 10 months in a year. I don’t know whether Dhoni would have that much time. I will be amazed if he has that much time,” he further added.
However, Aakash Chopra also opined on why India doesn’t consider playing Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal together in Tests and ODIs as well.
“Forget about Chahal, they have finished that talk, but they aren’t even playing Kuldeep. Test series are passing one after the other, and you start feeling what wrong has he done? You have to feel for Kuldeep Yadav. If you don’t, you are not a true follower of Indian cricket,” he added.
“He had picked six wickets in a Test in Sydney in 2019, and Ravi Shastri, who was the head coach, had said he is our No. 1 spinner overseas. Since then, he has played just one Test away from home. I am very, very surprised and disappointed, and slightly frustrated. He hasn’t played matches in eight years. He will get old,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
