Langer sidesteps question about India coaching possibility, terms Dravid lucky to work with such talent

Langer, who took a two-year-break after his much publicised acrimonious exit from Australian team’s head coach’s position in 2022, is back as the head coach of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.

Justin Langer, head coach, Lucknow Super with the team on the first day of the training session at Ekana stadium, in Lucknow on Saturday, March 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu/SANDEEP SAXENA

Justin Langer got a ‘probing delivery’ on his possible future as coach of the Indian national team. However, like his playing days, the former Australian opener judged it perfectly and left the one bowled on the “corridor of uncertainty”.

Langer, who took a two-year break after his much-publicised acrimonious exit from the Australian team’s head coach’s position in 2022, is back as the head coach of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants.

He got a straight question first up.

Will he be considering the possibility of coaching the Indian team in the near future? He first laughed as the franchise rightly wanted to keep it strictly about themselves, but the gritty Aussie very nicely skirted the question.

“I was talking to Ricky Ponting, and I cannot believe the depth of talent in India. My mind is blown away. India is blessed to have so much talent, and Rahul Dravid must be waking up really excited with the amount of talent that he gets to work with,” said Langer, carefully side-stepping the issue.

For the record, Dravid’s extended contract tenure runs till the end of the T20 World Cup in June.