India cricket team
'Exceptional' Rahul Dravid to stay on as India coach
It was 'unanimously agreed to further the tenure' of the 50-year-old former skipper, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.
Captain Pat Cummins said Tuesday that cricketers were 'not robots' with Australia's Twenty20 team struggling in India straight after their 50-over World Cup triumph.
His withdrawal means just seven of Australia's World Cup-winning one-day squad will remain in India for the series, among them Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith.
Cricket-obsessed India was left grappling for answers Monday after the team's devastating defeat to Australia in the final of their home World Cup extended a drought in global tournaments.
Pat Cummins' men stunned the nearly 100,000 crowd in Ahmedabad on Sunday for a six-wicket victory over previously unbeaten India, breaking home hearts.
India have racked up 10 straight wins at the tournament as they seek a third World Cup triumph to add to their 1983 and 2011 victories, the last of which came on home soil.
In Sunday's final, India will face either Australia or South Africa, who play their semifinal on Thursday.
India may be the outstanding team at the World Cup but coach Rahul Dravid has warned Wednesday's semifinal against New Zealand in Mumbai represents the 'pointy end in a tournament'.
Virat Kohli hit 95 to lead India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand and a fifth win in five matches at the World Cup on Sunday although the superstar batsman just missed equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 one-day international centuries.
Chasing a tricky target of 200, India lost three batsmen, who all failed to score, inside two overs before Kohli (85) and Rahul (97 not out) put on 165. Victory was secured with 52 balls to spare.
The epic tournament features 10 nations playing 48 matches over 46 days at 10 different venues.
India target a third World Cup triumph when the country hosts cricket's seven-week global showpiece, buoyed by an economic boom and growing, international self-confidence.
Babar Azam's men suffered a crushing 228-run loss to India on Monday in a rain-hit Super Four clash of the 50-over tournament, a prelude to next month's World Cup in India.
Rahul will be in contention along with fellow gloveman Ishan Kishan, a left-hander who hit a defiant 82 against Pakistan at the ongoing Asia Cup.
Fiery rivals India and Pakistan could clash as many as three times if they go all the way in the six-nation continental championship.
India will tour South Africa in December this year for a multi-format series, the two cricket boards announced on Friday.
The schedule was announced after weeks of delay due to Pakistan's refusal to travel to India, but a truce was called after Pakistan agreed to host the Asia Cup in September in a hybrid model.
Pat Cummins's men succeeded inaugural WTC champions New Zealand as international cricket's premier red-ball team with a 209-run rout of India at The Oval.
Smith, 95 not out overnight, followed team-mate Travis Head in going to three figures with 121 in a first-innings total of 469 at The Oval.