Former captain Rahul Dravid was on Wednesday appointed as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team by the BCCI, a development that was expected after the batting great was convinced by the board’s top brass.

Dravid, who was working as the head of National Cricket Academy, has been appointed for a period of two years till the 2023 50-over World Cup in India. Dravid, 47, one of the greatest to have played for India, was the only choice for BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah, who had called him in Dubai and convinced him to apply for the position.