Despite trimming down the number of applicants from 20 to six for the role of India’s women’s team head coach, BCCI may have to put an end to the coach-hunting process and continue with the interim arrangement, reported The Hindu on Sunday.
The Indian senior women’s cricket team have some crucial assignments on the horizon. They are scheduled to play three ICC championship ODIs in Sri Lanka in September which is followed by the ICC World T20 in West Indies in November. India are also scheduled to play five T20 games during the Lanka tour.
The search has been on to replace Tushar Arothe, who resigned from the post in July under controversial circumstances.
On Friday, the BCCI interviewed over 20 aspirants, with former India spinners Sunil Joshi and Ramesh Powar, former captain Mamatha Maben among the strongest contenders applying for the position.
After the initial process, six applicants were shortlisted, reported The Hindu. The candidates, the report added, were Maben, Joshi, Powar, Atul Bedade and Sanath Kumar, bowling coach of the India under-19 team, and Rajkumar Sharma.
But the report also added that the Supreme Court’s verdict concerning the governance of BCCI states that the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of former international cricketers, must be involved in the appointment of the head coach of national teams and that stipulation could throw a spanner in the works, as there is no clarity on the constitution of the existing CAC.
Powar is currently serving as the interim coach and supervised the 12-day camp in Bengaluru in July-August.