Former Australia captain Michael Hussey said he was surprised by reports that just-retired Test captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni suggested his name for the coach's job of Indian cricket team once Duncan Fletcher's contract expired at the end of the ODI World Cup, starting next month.
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"I'm not sure if I'm really ready for that sort of challenge," said Hussey after he led Sydney Thunder to victory over the defending Big Bash T20 League champions Perth.
"Thanks, M S [Dhoni], if it's true ... but, I'm still playing!" he was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Herald.
A report in the Indian media had quoted sources allegedly close to Dhoni, saying he is understood to be concerned about the direction the dressing room's culture is headed.
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And since Fletcher's contract is till World Cup, Dhoni has already recommended Hussey's name to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Hussey was Dhoni's team mate at Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and the report claimed that the India ODI skipper has described the former Australian batsman as "a brilliant thinker and man manager who could bring Gary Kirsten-like calmness and camaraderie on board".
