In a recent development, the BCCI has decided to appoint a permanent manager for the Indian Cricket team in the future. Till now, managers were appointed on a tour-by-tour basis, but the board has decided to follow the system adopted by South Africa, Australia, and England.
BCCI top officials along with the coach, captain, and selection committee were instrumental in making the move when they met on Monday. The current team manager of South Africa is Mohammad Moosajee who succeeded Goolam Raja. Steve Bernard is the official manager of Australia, while Mike Sandle serves for the New Zealand Cricket team, Phil Neale for England and Riche Richardson for the West Indies Cricket team.
The policy of appointing state representatives as Team managers will be abolished as per the statements of BCCI. According to reports in the Mumbai Mirror, speaking on the matter, BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke said, "That is the plan. We're going to have a professional manager soon.”
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Previously, it was seen Indian team coaches had demanded a permanent manager including Greg Chappell, who was not pleased with the temporary appointments during his term as the coach. Reportedly, the new manager will be appointed with the help of a sorted selection process along with personal interview; unlike it was done previously in an unprofessional manner.
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R. Sridhar was named the fielding coach for the Indian Cricket team, who was dropped from the tours of Zimbabwe and West indies after working under Ravi Shastri. During that period, Sridhar who joined the India ‘A’ team was replaced by Abhay Sharma in the Indian Cricket team.
The former spinner is now currently touring Australia with the India ‘A’ team and will join their seniors just before the Kanpur Test gets underway against New Zealand on September 22.
The Indian cricket team is awaiting a busy home season starting later this month when New Zealand will play a 3-match test series and a 5-match ODI series. After the Kiwis depart, England will visit the sub-continent for a full tour followed by Tests and ODIs against Australia next year.
The Virat Kohli-led Indian team recently returned from a successful Test series in the Caribbean islands winning the 4-match Test series 2-0.
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