BCCI Secretary Jai Shah Prakash said in Mumbai on Wednesday,The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will soon release an advertisement for a new coach.
Rahul’s tenure is only till June, The BCCI secretary Jai Shah Prakash said,. So if he wants to apply, he is free to do so”. The decision will be taken after discussions with the new coach along with other members of the coaching staff such as batting, bowling and fielding coaches. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah Prakash did not rule out the possibility of a foreign coach and kept the issue open.
“We cannot decide whether the new coach will be Indian or foreign. It will depend on the CAC, and we are a global body,” the BCCI official said, adding that the board is unlikely to consider different coaches for different formats. Actions have been taken by boards such as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and even the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
“That decision will also be taken by the CAC. There are many all-format players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant. Moreover, India there is no precedent for such a situation.”
BCCI Secretary Jai Shah Prakash confirmed that the new coach will be appointed for a long term and will serve for an initial period of three years.
BCCI Secretary Jai Shah Prakash was non-committal about continuing the Impact Player rule in the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the decision would be taken after discussions with captains and coaches. However, he stressed the significance of the rule, which allows an IPL team to have two additional Indian players in its playing XI.
“The impact player was a test case. Two new Indian players are getting a chance in the IPL,” he asserted when it was pointed out that the rules might not favor the all-rounders. “We will discuss with stakeholders – franchisees and broadcasters – before deciding on the continuation of dominant players. It is not permanent, but no one has reacted against this rule,” he said.
Meetings with franchisees will be held soon, he revealed, when the retention rules will be finalised. He also clarified that there has been no discussion about reviving the Champions League T20 tournament, contrary to a recent claim by an official of Cricket Victoria, which is affiliated with Cricket Australia, in Mumbai.
BCCI Secretary Jai Shah Prakash left everyone guessing whether he would take over as International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman in November, as is widely speculated, but revealed that the possibility of holding the World Test Championship (WTC) outside the finals would be discussed. England.
While stressing the importance of red ball cricket, Shah said it would be left to the respective state associations to increase the remuneration of the domestic players. He also revealed that Hardik Pandya, who received an A grade in the central contract, has agreed to play domestic white-ball cricket.
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Furthermore, he mentioned that the domestic cricket structure would be unveiled soon and confirmed that the National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) High-Performance Center in Bengaluru would be operational from August.