Rhodes turns down position at Indian Academy

Jonty Rhodes was at Kolkata recently to watch India play South Africa in the second Test © Getty Images

Jonty Rhodes, the former South Africa Test player, has turned down an offer from India's National Cricket Academy to be a fielding consultant, according to the Press Trust of India.

Rhodes, 35, who was one of the world's most exciting fielders during his 11-year international career, had been asked to take up a two-week coaching assignment, but declined. Rhodes's priority after retiring have been his family - he has two young children - and he is currently working for a bank in South Africa. But Rhodes did admit that cricket was his first love, and that he may become a coach later on.