[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-dravid-coaching-etpl-ownership-cricket-future":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-dravid-coaching-etpl-ownership-cricket-future":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. Daily analysis, long reads, and expert opinion.",[33,51,59],{"heading":34,"links":35},"Leagues",[36,39,42,45,48],{"label":37,"to":38},"Premier League","\u002Ftag\u002Fpremier-league",{"label":40,"to":41},"La Liga","\u002Ftag\u002Fla-liga",{"label":43,"to":44},"NBA","\u002Ftag\u002Fnba",{"label":46,"to":47},"Formula 1","\u002Ftag\u002Fformula-1",{"label":49,"to":50},"Champions League","\u002Ftag\u002Fchampions-league",{"heading":52,"links":53},"Content",[54,56,57],{"label":55,"to":16},"Analysis",{"label":27,"to":28},{"label":58,"to":16},"Data & Stats",{"heading":60,"links":61},"Company",[62,65,68,71,74,77],{"label":63,"to":64},"Terms of Service","\u002Fservice",{"label":66,"to":67},"Privacy Policy","\u002Fprivacy",{"label":69,"to":70},"Editorial Policy","\u002Feditorial",{"label":72,"to":73},"Contact Us","\u002Fcontact",{"label":75,"to":76},"About Us","\u002Fabout",{"label":78,"to":79},"Website Disclaimer","\u002Fdisclaimer","Built for the love of sport","© SportPulse. All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Dravid Won't Choose Between Coaching and Ownership","dravid-coaching-etpl-ownership-cricket-future","long-reads","Cricket","James Chen","Rahul Dravid refuses to pick a lane, keeping his coaching door open while diving into franchise ownership with the ETPL.","2026-07-15 03:18:13","3 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F0c3a\u002Flive\u002Fcf38c810-7ea3-11f1-b5df-57d742fa94ec.jpg",[86,93,94,95],"ETPL","Coaching","Franchise Ownership","## The Myth of the Singular Lane\n\nMost elite athletes and coaches, once they step away from the frontline, are expected to pick a lane. You either become a television pundit, a franchise owner, or you retreat into administrative leather chairs. Rahul Dravid has never been ''most'' people. The Former India coach has quietly but firmly confirmed that he is ''certainly'' still open to coaching roles despite making a foray into franchise ownership. This is not a man winding down. This is a cricketing architect refusing to mothball his tools.\n\n## The Technical Moderniser\n\nTo understand why Dravid remaining on the coaching market is significant, one must look at what he actually delivered during his tenure as India head coach. Taking the reins in **November 2021**, Dravid inherited a transition phase that could have derailed lesser setups. Instead, he provided the structural scaffolding that allowed India to reach **two major ICC finals** in the space of seven months: the **World Test Championship Final 2023** and the **ODI World Cup Final 2023**.\n\nThe numbers under his guidance tell a story of sustained, ruthless dominance across formats.\n\n### Coaching Record Highlights\n- **Test win percentage of 53.8%**, including series victories in challenging away conditions.\n- **ODI win percentage of 70%**, culminating in **10 consecutive wins** en route to the 2023 World Cup final.\n- Overseas Test series wins against **Bangladesh**, solidifying India's grip on the WTC points table.\n\nDravid's coaching philosophy has always been a far cry from the rah-rah motivational archetype. It is grounded in tactical depth, data-driven preparation, and an almost obsessive protection of the dressing room ecosystem from external noise. He transformed India's middle-order fragility into a reliable engine room,━though the ultimate ICC trophy eluded him, the statistical foundation he laid was undeniable.\n\n## Fromne Presenter to Stakeholder\n\nThe landscape of franchise cricket has historically treated coaching and ownership as mutually exclusive domains. Owners sit in ivory towers; coaches sit in dugouts. The timeline of these roles rarely overlaps in modern cricket administration.\n\n1. **Coaching:** Requires granular, day-to-day immersion in player psychology, tactical planning, and bio-mechanical feedback.\n2. **Ownership:** Demands a macro-level vision, financial structuring, brand building, and stakeholder management.\n\nWhat Dravid is attempting, by keeping both doors open, is a structural evolution. His entry into the **Elite Tennis Premier League (ETPL)** as a franchise owner is not a pivot away from the coaching Ground; it is a horizontal expansion of his cricketing intellect.\n\nBy engaging with the structural side of franchise sport, Dravid gains something most coaches never possess━a boardroom perspective. Understanding the financial imperatives of franchise ownership could refine his future coaching offerings, integrating a holistic understanding of wage structures, squad fidelity, and brand alignment.\n\n## The Market Demand\n\nThe global cricket coaching carousel never stops spinning, and the supply of elite, proven head coaches is always thinner than the market demands. With **52 international centuries** as a player and **2 ICC finals** as a coach, the technical and man-management pedigree Dravid offers is scarcer than gold dust in the modern game.\n\nThe prerequisite for top-tier roles has shifted. Phenomenal man-management in high-pressure, multi-faction environments is now the minimum entry barrier.ΐ","\u002Farticles\u002Fdravid-coaching-etpl-ownership-cricket-future",[99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,85,107],"analysis","basketball","cricket","f1","football","general","golf","mma","tennis",[109,120,132],{"id":110,"stem":110,"path":111,"title":112,"category":85,"badge":15,"badgeType":113,"author":87,"authorRole":114,"authorInitials":115,"date":116,"readTime":117,"image":118,"imageAlt":112,"tags":15,"excerpt":119},"arran-strong-search-halted-portugal-coast","\u002Farticles\u002Farran-strong-search-halted-portugal-coast","Search Called Off for British Surfer Arran Strong Off Portuguese Coast","category","Senior Football Analyst","JC","2026-07-30 11:12:43","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Farran-strong-search-halted-portugal-coast.webp","Tributes mount for the British surfer after rescue teams ended the search off Portugal's coastline, closing a brief and heartbreaking operation.",{"id":121,"stem":121,"path":122,"title":123,"category":85,"badge":124,"badgeType":113,"author":125,"authorRole":126,"authorInitials":127,"date":128,"readTime":117,"image":129,"imageAlt":123,"tags":130,"excerpt":131},"michael-kim-shoots-historic-59-3m-open","\u002Farticles\u002Fmichael-kim-shoots-historic-59-3m-open","Michael Kim Cards Historic 59 at 3M Open","Long Reads: Feature","Marcus Wright","SportPulse Contributor","MW","2026-07-24 19:32:45","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fmichael-kim-shoots-historic-59-3m-open.webp","PGA Tour, 3M Open","Michael Kim joins golf's most exclusive club with a stunning 12-under 59 at TPC Twin Cities.",{"id":133,"stem":133,"path":134,"title":135,"category":85,"badge":15,"badgeType":113,"author":136,"authorRole":137,"authorInitials":138,"date":139,"readTime":140,"image":141,"imageAlt":135,"tags":142,"excerpt":143},"trump-world-cup-politics-collision-football","\u002Farticles\u002Ftrump-world-cup-politics-collision-football","The World Cup Problem Trump Can't Truth His Way Out Of","Sarah Martinez","Transfer Correspondent","SM","2026-07-02 15:52:41","6 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fi.guim.co.uk\u002Fimg\u002Fmedia\u002F47fdc27962ded60a5ff244be7eebfe610f8730af\u002F0_0_2500_2000\u002Fmaster\u002F2500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7e3ae9c27f8068e54451f6b0dd73af37","FIFA, World Cup","The 2026 World Cup in North America represents everything its host nation's president runs against."]