BCCI asks state boards to send suggestions for Test revival
Jun 15, 2016 at 12:40 PM
The 57 applicants for the India coaching job will be scrutinized first and then shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews, BCCI’s newly appointed secretary Ajay Shirk said.
“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,” Shirke told reporters here.
In the month of June BCCI has invited applications for the post for that they have created a separate email id. Many former Indian cricketers have applied for the job after BCCI added an optional category in the form – if any candidate knows may get a outside chance. After BCCI’s this crucial decision cricketers like Ravi Shastri, Anil Kumble, current convener of the selection committee Sandeep Patil have applied for the job.
And there is a possibility is that BCCI may finalized the name of India coach on June 25.
“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.
Meanwhile, BCCI has asked all the associations who hosts the Test match to send suggestions how the longest format of the game can attract more people to the game which will be discussed on June 24 at Board’s Working Committee meeting in Dharmsala.
“Test cricket has been experiencing reducing viewership. The president (Anurag Thakur) is very keen that side of the game should also be developed and not be neglected. Therefore we have asked all the staging associations to make suggestions to improve attendances and each of them is going to come up with ideas and there will be an exchange of ideas,” said Shirke.
“This exercise is to make sure that there will be more attendance and it will be deliberated during the working committee meeting in Dharamsala,” he said