Bengaluru, Aug. 9 -- Former Indian batter and BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) head coach VVS Laxman revealed that he was offered a gig as Team India head coach back in 2023, but could not take it up for personal reasons and decided to continue as the head of CoE and contribute to its development as it got a new facility of its own in Bengaluru.

Amid concerns over the recent spate of injuries, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia met Laxman on Sunday to review the rehabilitation and injury-management programme at the facility. Saikia also attended the press conference along with Laxman, BCCI president Mithun Manhas and other senior officials.

Speaking during the presser, he said, "The reason why I extended (as the head of CoE): In 2023, I was s...