A seven-member committee headed by BCCI President Sharad Pawar was today
set up to choose India's new cricket coach amid reports that Australians Dav Whatmore and Tom Moody are the front runners for the job.
Besides Pawar, the "Special Committee" will consist
of three former captains -- Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S
Venkataraghavan -- as well as N. Srinivasan and MP Pandove, BCCI Treasurer and
Joint Secretary respectively. Board Secretary Niranjan Shah will be the
committee's convenor.
An official announcement from the BCCI said that Pawar had appointed the committee
to advise the Board in the selection of a cricket manager or coach for the team,
which means that the successor to Greg Chappell, who resigned recently, could
be given either designation.
The committee is to meet at the earliest and convey its recommendations to
the Board, the statement said.
Shastri, who has been appointed the cricket manager for next
month's tour of Bangladesh, is said to have told the Board that he would
not be available for the coach's job after this assignment.
Whatmore, who is currently Bangladesh's coach, has publicly
shown his interest in the job which Chappell described as the "toughest
cricket assignment in the world". Moody, who has done an excellent job
with the Sri Lankan team, is also said to be in the reckoning.
|
