Colombo: BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur on Thursday confirmed that a call on India’s new chief coach will be taken in September in consultation with Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) before the start of the South Africa home series in October.
South Africa will play four Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is during their 72-day long tour of India and Thakur said they have left the decision to appoint the new coach on Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. Laxman.
“I think it is very important to have a full-time coach for any team. We have taken some time to decide and most probably in the month of September, we will finalise the coach,” Thakur said.
“Shashri is holding the position of the director for the last few months and he has done well with the Indian cricket team, the boys have given us a good feedback about him, so the only issue is if we want a full time coach then what would be the set-up. We can’t be having 10 people with the Indian cricket team.
“So we have left it to the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to decide how many people will be required, how many coaches will be required, whether a bowling coach, a batting coach, a full-time coach or a director. Let them take a call, come back to BCCI in September and before the South Africa series, I can assure you that we will take a call on that,” Thakur said.