The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Sunday confirmed that his former India teammate VVS Laxman will take over as the new chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

When ANI contacted Ganguly about whether Laxman will be taking charge as NCA head, he replied: "Yes".

Rahul Dravid, who was the previous head of the NCA has moved to the India head coach position where he replaced Ravi Shastri after the Men in Blue’s exit from the T20 World Cup 2021 in the league stage.

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Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has always spoken about the need to have former cricketers in the system to help the game grow. And as BCCI President he worked towards getting Rahul Dravid to agree to become the head coach of the Indian team.

"Sourav and Jay both would love to have Laxman take up the NCA role. But yes, the final call obviously lies with the former India cricketer as he has a young family also. He is undoubtedly a front runner for the role and not to forget how he has been known to share a special bond with now coach Dravid. It will be the perfect combination to have those two work together towards taking Indian cricket forward. Nothing like having former cricketers coming on board to help produce the next generation of stars," the BCCI source had said.

(ANI inputs)