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[caption id="attachment_18240" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Dravid will not be a permanent fixture on overseas tour, says BCCI official. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Legendary Indian batsman Rahul Dravid will be the batting consultant of Indian cricket team during the overseas tour, BCCI told on Tuesday. The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) have also appointed former team director Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the team until 2019 World Cup and Zaheer Khan will work as a bowling consultant. Though according to a BCCI official Dravid is still focusing on the job of mentoring the youngsters in the India ‘A’ and U-19 teams. His primary aim is to provide some good young players to the senior team. “See, the consultant’s position was given because for Dravid the junior teams are his priority. He is still very much keen to work closely with the juniors and provide the senior team with quality talent who can break into the team and fit the demands of the coach and captain whenever needed. So, the assignment with the senior team will be on a time to time basis and not permanent,” the BCCI official said. On being asked whether Dravid will travel to Sri Lanka for the upcoming series or not, the official added, “He will not be in Sri Lanka and will be with the ‘A’ team in South Africa. Also, don’t expect him to be with the Indian team for the whole length of their foreign tours. For example, if India is touring South Africa for say a month and a half, he might be there for just a span of two-three weeks. He will join them on and off as per requirement of the troops.” The official further added that Zaheer Khan too wouldn’t be the part part the tour in all overseas tour.“Zaheer’s matter has not been discussed yet, but it could well be that even Zaheer stays with the team on and off. This needs to be worked out,” he said.