Sachin Tendulkar to help pick India’s next coach via video conference

 

Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar who has been given the responsibility to pick the next coach of Indian cricket team along with Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman will tune in from abroad by a video conference to take part in the process.

The legendary trio of Indian Cricket Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman, together with the senior official Sanjay Jagdale, will get to work after the flood of 57 applications which was trimmed down to 21, a statement said on Thursday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) release added that Sachin Tendulkar, who is out of the country, “has confirmed his availability as and when required through video conference facilities”.

The experienced and high-powered committee expected to recommend their choice by June 22. The new coach is likely to be appointed before India’s tour of the West Indies in July.

“The said committee… will process and scrutinise all the applications, conduct interviews and seek presentations from candidates as the committee deems fit,” BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said in the statement.

The BCCI hasn’t named any of the candidates, but if the media media reports are to be believed then the front-runners are former team director Ravi Shastri and current chief selector Sandeep Patil.