Accelerating their efforts to find a new coach for the national cricket team, the BCCI on Sunday decided to advertise for the position and set June 10 as the deadline for applications.
“We will advertise for the post of coach today and by June 10 anyone can apply and shortlisting will be done after that,” said BCCI president Anurag Thakur at BCCI headquarters.
“We are keeping it open, we want people to come. They can come forward, apply and then we can look at the proposals, who are the applicants and who are best for BCCI,” he added.
The announcement means the Indian team will be without the services of a full-time coach on its short tour of Zimbabwe beginning June 11.
However, coach appointment is expected to be made before the team travels to the WI in July. Asked whether a second-string team would be fielded for the tour of Zimbabwe, Thakur said senior players will have the option of taking a break by opting out of the series which will feature 3 ODIs and 2 T20s.