India will play under an interim coach in the ODI series against
Australia and a full-time coach would take over before the home series
against Pakistan, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said here today.
"We (BCCI) have received some applications for the job of coach which would
be reviewed during the board's Working Committee meeting to be held at Bangalore
on September 29," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said.
However, he did not disclose the name of any of the applicants.
Shah said full time coach would be available only before the
Pakistan series and India will have to play against Australia with an interim
coach.
Showering praise on Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led the Indian
team in the final of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup in South Africa, Shah dubbed
him as the future captain of India.
"Dhoni is India's future captain in ODI and is likely
to be in Test matches also. This decision, however, would be taken by the selection
committee", he added.
Reacting on Rahul Dravid's decision to quit captaincy, Shah
said there was no differences between Dravid and the selection committee.
"Dravid is an experienced player and he himself has taken
the decision to quit the captaincy and BCCI respects his decision", he
added.
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