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Panel soon to select new coach

NEW DELHI: Nearly three weeks after John Wright relinquished his post, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday said it will appoint a committee in a couple of days to select a new coach for the Indian cricket team.

``We will constitute a committee in the next 48 hours which will decide on the next coach for the Indian team,'' the BCCI President, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, told reporters here.

Mahendra said the committee will shortlist the candidates and recommend the name of the coach and a final decision will be taken by the BCCI's Working Committee, which is likely to meet later this month.

Wright, who was the coach of the team for over four years, relinquished the job after the series against Pakistan.

Mahendra said that the committee will go through the entire procedure of appointing a new coach but did not specify how many members it would have.

``You will come to know once the committee is formed,'' he said.

Asked whether the next coach will be an Indian or a foreigner, the BCCI chief said, ``it is a decision that will be taken by the committee.''

`Ban on Ganguly harsh'

On whether the BCCI was contemplating a re-appeal against the six-match ban on captain Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra said, ``we will follow the rules. Whatever we can do within the rules, we will do.

``I feel that the six-match ban is a little too harsh. My advise to Ganguly is to take it with courage. He is an experienced player.'' — PTI

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