India may be without head coach till at least 2016 World T20(or may be for another 24 months)

[Gollum]

The BCCI is unlikely to appoint a full-time head coach till the 2016 World Twenty20 in India, though the team director Ravi Shastri and three other members of the coaching staff are all set to receive a two-year contract extension. Shastri and the three assistant coaches - Sanjay Bangar (batting), B Arun (bowling) and R Sridhar (fielding) - had already been assured of renewal of their contracts, but the tenure was not agreed upon. After consulting both the India captains -Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni - the BCCI hierarchy is understood to have informed all four members that they will be appointed for a two-year period. The contracts are likely to be handed before India's expected departure for Zimbabwe on July 6. A BCCI insider revealed the board was satisfied with the current arrangement, as all three assistant coaches have gelled well. While some players had expressed apprehension over some of Bangar's methods, those issues were sorted out in Bangladesh. The insider added that Shastri "would be the boss" :((, and said he enjoyed the support of Dhoni and Kohli. Shastri is known to be sharp and direct in his assessment of players' performances. While he tried to keep the morale high during the defeats against Bangladesh, it is understood he did not hold back whenever he felt a player was not doing well. Dhoni himself had suggested during the Bangladesh series that the team was comfortable with the existing support staff. "If you are indirectly hinting that we need a coach and all that, we have enough people in the support staff to take care of us," Dhoni said after the second ODI in Bangladesh. "Even if the position of the coach is vacant for some time, it is okay. Don't put just anybody there just because the post is vacant. Then it will have a bad impact in the long run. It takes time to make these decisions, and our team generally doesn't have that time because we keep playing non-stop."

What have these guys accomplished to warrant a 2 year extension? Got their asses kicked in Australia, exited in the semis of the WC and were humiliated in Bangladesh. With these guys in charge scared about the winter series against RSA. Can't we have someone like a Fleming or Moody in charge? What sort of planning is BCCI doing? They kept us in suspense for so many days and now this ****. Worst is seeing fatso Arun as our bowling coach when all countries have good/great bowlers as their bowling coaches. With the amount of $$$$ BCCI has at least they could have afforded a better bowling coach seeing how pathetic that part of our game is. :whack: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/891851.html

[TheWall]

Bad decision by BCCI.

[The Realist]

Shastri the cool customer playing it with soft hands... BCCI? Planning? Get the F outta here!

[kosingh]

This whole thing is very strange.

[The Realist]

Shastri to skip Zimbabwe series India's team director Ravi Shastri is set to skip the tour of Zimbabwe next month owing to professional commitments that he had had agreed upon before the BCCI offered him a two-year contract extension. India will be managed in Zimbabwe by the three assistant coaches B Arun, Sanjay Bangar and R Sridhar, who have been with the team for almost a year now. Shastri is understood to have agreed for an analyst role during the high-profile Ashes series with Sky, the official broadcaster. According to a BCCI insider, since Shastri had signed the Sky deal before he was offered the role of team director for the tour of Bangladesh, he had made it clear he would not be available for the series in Zimbabwe. The BCCI, though, is confident that Shastri will be available for India's three-Test series in Sri Lanka starting in August. This would be the second time since taking over as team director during India's tour to England last year that Shastri will not be with the Indian team. He had skipped most of India's home series against West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2014 because of personal reasons. http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-india-2015/content/story/892171.html

The mercenary cheerleader is already losing interest :facepalm:

[Switchblade]

The mercenary cheerleader is already losing interest :facepalm:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Switchblade]

Shastri the cool customer playing it with soft hands... BCCI? Planning? Get the F outta here!

He didn't went hard at it :giggle:

[adi B]

The mercenary cheerleader is already losing interest :facepalm:

Thats disappointing