While Team India’s current head coach, Gautam Gambhir, has come under scrutiny quite a few times, a few different candidates have been floated around by experts for the job as well. Legendary India batter VVS Laxman is one of them alongside former India cricketer and 2011 World Cup winner Ashish Nehra, who has enjoyed a successful stint as Gujarat Titans’ (GT) head coach in the IPL as well.

Speaking on the possibility of coaching India one day, Nehra said speaking at the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) annual awards ceremony., “First things first, I will not use the word ambition. I never plan. Yes, it will be a great honour and a privilege, but I never plan things like that. We’ll see in the future. No, no ambition. I’m very happy where I am. When it comes to GT, lots of people say, ‘you have done well in coaching’. It’s not me; it’s about the team. Yes, when your captain, when your coach is always associated, that’s the way it goes, especially in India, but I’m dead against it.”

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Ashish Nehra also stated that he would have to consider some factors if he were to be approached for the role of becoming India’s head coach as well.

“It’s very difficult to answer right now. First things first, I’ll have to check with the High Commission, which is my wife. Otherwise I’ll get the divorce. It’s a travelling thing, which comes to eight or nine months. Not easy,” he stated. “When it comes to international cricket, not too many people have done more than 3-4 years… the kinds of demands, the kinds of travelling,” he concluded.