Shahstri to be most paid coach?
Current India team director Ravi Shastri is to be named the next coach of the Indian cricket team.
According to reports, Shastri could also become the highest paid cricket coach in the world with a deal estimated to be worth Rs 7 crore-a-year.
The 53-year-old was paid Rs 4 crore-a-year by the BCCI for his role as a TV commentator and had a Rs 6 crore-a-year contract as team director.
Duncan Fletcher, in comparison, was being paid Rs 4.5 crore by the BCCI.
The BCCI is likely to announce the name of the new coach at the end of the Bangladesh tour. In case Shastri becomes the new coach, he would first become the first Indian to hold the job after 2000.
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