Short-listed candidates will go through interviews: Ajay Shirke

BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke earlier said that they have received 57 applications for the post of India’s head coach. Shirke today said that the short-listed candidates from among the applicants will be called for interviews to further filter from the list and finalize on the name.

“The first step is to make the list from 57 to the eligible and then it will go for further scrutiny and then the most eligible candidates will go through a process of interviews, presentations.”

“All of this will be done and the best candidate will be finalised,” Shirke said.

There were a lot of high-profile applications for the post and the BCCI Secretary said that they don’t have a deadline as such for deciding the coach. “There was a criteria announced, so as per the criteria whoever will be eligible, that will be announced. There is no deadline as such, the process has to be completed and as soon as the process is completed, the final selections will be announced,” he quipped.

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“All I can say is that there are meritorious foreigners and meritorious Indians (who have sought the job),” he added.

He went on to say that all Test match staging associations are asked to come up with suggestions to improve attendance for Tests. “Test cricket has been experiencing reducing viewership.”

“The president (Anurag Thakur) is very keen that side of the game should also be developed and not be neglected. Therefore, we have asked all the staging associations to make suggestions to improve attendances and each of them is going to come up with ideas and there will be an exchange of ideas,” said Shirke.

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“This exercise is to make sure that there will be more attendance and it will be deliberated during the working committee meeting in Dharamsala,” he concluded.