BCCI invites applications for India Head Coach, Anil Kumble's term to end after CT 2017

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for the post of the next head coach of the Indian cricket team. The new coach will be appointed after the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Currently, the team is being coached by former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble. As per the recent reports, Kumble’s tenure as the head coach of the national side ends after the conclusion of the CT 2017.

However, the name of Anil Kumble will be directly forwarded to the list of new applications for the next coach as well. Kumble had assumed the position back in June 2016 when the BCCI had announced the invitations for the coach’s role. As many as 57 applications were received by the board back then which had Indian as well as the overseas candidates.

The likes of Sandeep Patil and Dav Whatmore had applied for the job. The list was later chopped down to 21 shortlisted candidates. It was further condensed to a final list of 6 names. These names included Kumble, Ravi Shastri, Praveen Amre, Lalchand Rajput, Tom Moody and Stuart Law. In the final stage, the BCCI had to pick one from Ravi Shastri and Anil Kumble. They opted to go with Anil Kumble.

Selection panel

Since then, the team had done significantly well under his supervision. Team India had a brilliant grand home season of Test cricket where they played 13 Tests and lost just one. Now, as per the recent reports of various media houses, the new applications have been invited yet again. The panel that will select the final candidate for the role of the team India head coach will comprise of former stalwarts of the game.

Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly will be selecting the candidate this time around. A tweet from Wisden India confirmed the same. It also mentioned the direct entry of Anil Kumble in the list. The tweet read, “BCCI invites applications for head coach, says Kumble will be direct entry in process. Sachin, VVS, Sourav to select candidate.”

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— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) May 25, 2017