Just a few days after the BCCI invited applications for the vacant post of India senior men’s team head coach through its website, chief selector Sandeep Patil (in pic) has thrown his hat into the ring for the high-profile job.
“I have just applied (for the post),” Patil said.
He did not confirm or deny whether anyone from the BCCI had asked him to do so.
There was speculation that the former dashing batsman and ex-coach of Kenya had been advised by higher-ups in the Board to apply for the job as the senior selection panel headed by him has already completed most of its top-level assignments till September when his term is scheduled to come to an end.
Sanjay Bangar has been named the interim coach of the new-look side to Zimbabwe, to be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
If he gets the job of head coach before September, he will have to quit his current job in the selection panel.