The Indian cricket team's new manager and coach would be appointed for a tenure of
two years, the Cricket Board disclosed on Tuesday.
A day after constituting a seven-member panel to pick Greg Chappell's successor, the BCCI said it was yet to zero in on possible
candidates for the job but has decided to give the new appointees a couple of
years to work with the team.
"We have formed a panel under BCCI president Sharad
Pawar with three former captains ( Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri
and Venkat Raghavan ) and office bearers. We will start working immediately
after the World Cup and appoint a new manager and coach for a tenure
of two years," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, who is currently in
Kingston, told a private news channel.
"We will see who all are available for the job after the
World Cup is over," he said. Though Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore
and Sri Lanka coach tom Moody are said to be front runners for the job,
Shah maintained the Board would initiate the search only after the World Cup
final.
"I don’t think it would be right to check on anybody
until the World Cup is on. The entire process will start only after the World
Cup gets over," he said.
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