Gavaskar and Shastri in panel to select coach

Sunil Gavaskar: He'll have a say in the appointment of India's new coach © Getty Images

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed a committee that will help select the Indian team's new coach. According to the Press Trust of India, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the president of the board, will head the panel, while SK Nair, the board's secretary, will be convenor. The other members of the board are Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S Venkataraghavan.

The committee, which will meet for the first time this Sunday in Kolkata, will go through the procedure of selecting a new coach, and will make a reccomendation to the BCCI's working committee. The working committee, which will meet later this month, will make a final decision.

The decision has been pending since India's series against Pakistan got over in the middle of April, when John Wright's contract expired. Greg Chappell, Dav Whatmore, Tom Moody and Dean Jones are among the contenders for the job.

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