Mumbai: The Indian cricket board Tuesday invited applications for the men's team support staff including the head coach who will need to be less than 60 years of age with a minimum international experience of two years.
The BCCI has streamlined the process of hiring the support staff including head coach, batting coach, bowling coach, fielding coach, physiotherapist, strength and conditioning coach and administrative manager. The application deadline for all the roles is 5 PM, July 30.
Before Ravi Shastri was appointed as the head coach in July 2017, the BCCI had issued nine-point eligibility criteria which lacked focus and clarity. This time, it is only a three-point criteria for all the coaching roles including head coach besides the positions in the batting, bowling and fielding department.
"The current coaching staff of Team India will get an automatic entry in the recruitment process," said the BCCI in a statement.
- Criteria for Coach
The head coach should have coached a Test-playing nation for a minimum of two years or three years with an associate member/A team/IPL side. The applicant also should have played 30 Tests or 50 ODIs.
1. Head Coach
Eligibility criteria/experience:
● Head Coach of a full member Test Playing Nation for a minimum period of 2
years OR;
o Head Coach of an Associate member /IPL or Equivalent International
Leagues/First Class Teams/ National A teams, for a minimum period
of 3 years
● Should have played a minimum of 30 Test Matches OR 50 ODIS OR;
o Should have BCCI Level 3 Certification or equivalent
● Below 60 years of age.