MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India have been without a head coach since Duncan Fletcher left in March, and with two low-profile tours in the offing and the appointment of a new advisory panel just this week, the country’s cricket board appears in no rush to name a successor.
Former captain Ravi Shastri will continue in his role as the team director when they embark on a tour of Bangladesh next week, and they are also unlikely to have a head coach when they travel to Zimbabwe in July.
Fletcher’s term came to an end after India’s semi-final defeat at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
While the BCCI are taking their time to find the right candidate, they will hope to have a new head coach in place before hosting South Africa in October.
Former skipper Sourav Ganguly, despite having no coaching experience, has been tipped by local media as the frontrunner to replace Zimbabwean Fletcher.
However, the BCCI instead named the 42-year-old to a three-member advisory committee, which also includes greats Indian Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.
