NEW DELHI: The Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee has got the green light from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s legal team to appoint the next coach of the men’s senior side by mid-August, PTI quotes Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai as stating Monday.
Besides the country’s first World Cup-wining skipper Dev, the newly appointed CAC comprises former India cricketer and coach Anshuman Gaekwad and former Indian women’s team captain Shantha Rangaswamy.
Regarding the conduct of the BCCI elections on October 22, Rai said that 26 state associations are fully Lodha compliant and have appointed their electoral officers for the state unit polls.
The CoA met in the capital to discuss a host of issues ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on August 8, and screening the conflict of interest declaration forms of the CAC members topped its agenda.
“We have checked the declaration form. It is fine. All clear,” Rai said when asked if the CAC has got the mandate to appoint the next chief coach.
He added: “CAC’s decision will be final and the meeting [interview] with the shortlisted candidates will happen in the middle of August followed by the appointment. Their terms of reference is already there.”
