Ravi Shastri’s appointment at the helm of India’s coaching staff has led to continuation of all three assistant coaches, who had been with the India squad ever since Shastri was roped in midway through the tour to England last year
Amol Karhadkar13-Jun-2015Ravi Shastri’s appointment at the helm of India’s coaching staff has led to continuation of all three assistant coaches, who had been with the India squad ever since Shastri was roped in midway through the tour to England last year.Two of the three assistant coaches – bowling coach B Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar – had been assured of renewal of their contract before the team’s departure to Bangladesh. However, batting coach Sanjay Bangar had not been communicated at all about whether his services would be required beyond the Bangladesh tour or not.India coach to be known in next BCCI meet – Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly, a member of the newly-formed cricket advisory committee and joint secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal, has said that the next BCCI working committee meeting, which is likely to be held in mid-July, will finalise India’s coach. ESPNcricinfo in the last three days has reported that Ravi Shastri will continue to head the coaching staff.
“We don’t have any news on this now. During next meeting of the board, it will definitely be known who will be India’s coach,” Ganguly told reporters in Kolkata on Sunday. The appointment of the coaching staff will be formalised during the next BCCI working committee.
However, ESPNcricinfo understands that there is a change of stance and according to a BCCI insider, Bangar is likely to continue in his role. The details of his contract – tenure and compensation – are likely to be finalised once the team returns from Bangladesh on June 25.The lack of communiqué with Bangar was indeed because the BCCI was considering to replace him. According to a BCCI insider, the board was considering to rope in a new batting coach following “apprehensive feedback from a couple of batsmen”. While Praveen Amre was being considered the frontrunner for the post, Lalchand Rajput and WV Raman were also in contention.Shastri, who had played a pivotal role in getting Bangar on board last year, is understood to have stood by him. Since Shastri ensured that he would be in charge of the Indian team on his own terms, Bangar’s continuation hints as his first move to not let anyone else, especially cricket advisory committee, interfere in the India team’s affairs.It is understood that the three experienced batting coaches on the domestic circuit may be offered coaching stints at the restructured National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.