Melbourne [Australia], Former Australia captain and great batsman Ricky Pontin revealed that he was approached for the post of head coach of Team India during the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but he declined because I don't fit in with their current coach. lifestyle, when he focuses on spending more time with his family, Ponting's statement came after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) invited applications for the post of head coach of the men's national team earlier this month. Has come after, whose tenure will start from July 1. Year and End o December 31, 2027, which will be the year when the next 50-over Cricket World Cup takes place Ponting has recently completed his seventh season as the coach of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League and during this time the veteran The player's fortunes were mixed. His team missed the playoffs in the year's tournament, finishing sixth with seven wins, seven losses and 14 points, as Australia's national T20 coach after completing coaching stints with Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals in the IPL. Completed the work in. Ponting, who has served on an interim basis in the past, has so far resisted the desire to take charge of a high-profile national team on a full-time basis, but current head coach Rahul Dravid's time as India head coach is set to end after this year. Used to be.With the T20 World Cup in June and the Indian team looking for a new man to take the reins, Ponting is among several great players who have been approached for the role, "I have seen a lot of reports about it. Aam Normally these things happen on social media before you know it, but during the IPL there were some small one-on-one conversations, just to find out from me whether I would do it or not," ICC said Ponting. He was quoted as saying, "I would love to become a senior coach of a national team, but secondly, I want to spend some time at home...if you do that then everyone knows." You can't join an IPL team in working with the team, so that would be taken out of it as well. “Also, as a national head coach it's 10 or 11 months of work a year, and that's as much as I can say. Want to do it, it just doesn't fit into my lifestyle right now and the things I really enjoy doing," he concluded. Ponting is one of the many former greats who have been named as India's greatest players. Have been linked to the coach position, with fellow IPL coaches Justin Langer and Stephen Fleming other names also emerging. “I have seen some other names also being thrown around.Yesterday Justin Langer's name was thrown around, Stephen Fleming's name was also thrown around a bit, Ponting said, "Gautam Gambhir's name has also been thrown around a bit in the last few days. But I think based on the reasons given there, it is my favorite." Ponting's family was traveling with him during his recent stay in Delhi, he said, adding that there was a moment in his mind when he thought of becoming his son and everyone. India's coach for the younger Fletcher responded positively to the idea and encouraged his father to embrace it, "My family and my kids have spent the last five weeks with me in the IPL and they come every year and I also came and whispered it to my son, and said, 'Dad has been offered the Indian coaching job' and he said, 'Enough Dad, we would love to go there for the next few years,' Pontin said laughing.Love living there and the culture of cricket in India, but it probably doesn't quite fit into my lifestyle at the moment,” he signed off.