Team India to get new coaching staff, BCCI shortlisted candidates
Days after the re-appointment of Ravi Shastri as the Head Coach of Team India, the BCCI has invited the applications for the other coaching staff earlier. Now, after some careful examination and discussion, they have shortlisted candidates for the new positions. So, Team India is going to have an entirely new coaching department.
The BCCI today named top preferences for Team India support staff after four days of interviewing 87 candidates. Vikram Rathour is set to replace Sanjay Bangar as batting coach, while Bharat Arun and Ramakrishnan Sridhar are top preferences for bowling and fielding coach, respectively. Nitin Patel and Girish Dongre are the first choices as physiotherapist and administrative manager, respectively.
Beginning Monday, a total of 14 candidates for the position of Batting Coach, 12 for Bowling Coach, nine for Fielding Coach, 16 for the position of Physiotherapist, 12 for the post of Strength and Conditioning Coach and 24 for the position of Administrative Manager were interviewed. The entire process lasted four days and concluded on Thursday evening.
The selection committee shortlisted three candidates on the order of priority, which is as below.
S.No
Batting Coach
Bowling Coach
Fielding Coach
1
Mr Vikram Rathour
Mr Sanjay Bangar
Mr Mark Ramprakash
2
Mr B. Arun
Mr Paras Mhambrey
Mr Venkatesh Prasad
3
Mr R. Sridhar
Mr Abhay Sharma
Mr T. Dilip
The list of candidates for the posts of Physiotherapist and Administrative Manager on the order of priority is as below
S.No
Physiotherapist
Administrative Manager
1
Mr Nitin Patel
Mr Girish Dongre
2
Mr Andrew Leipus
Mr Venkatesh Rajagopalan
3
Mr Vaibhav Daga
Mr Anand Yalvigi
The BCCI is going to call these candidates for the second round of interviews to assess their practising skills.
