INDIA’s HEAD COACH LIKELY TO BE NAMED ON 24th JUNE

 

BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said on Tuesday that the applications received for the Indian cricket team’s head coach’s post would be trimmed before the short-listed names would be called for interviews. Three days ago BCCI issued an statement which stated that there are as many as 57 applicants who have applied for this coveted and high-profile job.

Shirke told the reporters in Mumbai, “The first step is to make the list from 57 to the eligible and then it will go for further scrutiny and then the most eligible candidates will go through a process of interviews, presentations. All of this will be done and the best candidate will be finalised.”

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had invited applications for the post and some high-profile names such as former captain and the legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble, former team director Ravi Shastri and current selection panel chief Sandeep Patil are among the 57 who have applied for this prestigious post.

Shirke was non committal on when the new full-time head coach for the team would be finalised. Although he did give a hint that the head coach will likely to be named on 24th June when the working committee of the Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) is to meet in Dharamsala.

“There was a criteria announced, so as per the criteria whoever will be eligible, that will be announced. There is no deadline as such, the process has to be completed and as soon as the process is completed, the final selections will be announced,” he quipped.

“All I can say is that there are meritorious foreigners and meritorious Indians (who have sought the job),” he added.

Shirke said that all Test match staging associations have been asked to send in suggestions to the BCCI for attracting more spectators for the most traditional form of the game which would be deliberated on June 24 at the Board’s Working Committee meeting in Dharamsala.