The BCCI has formed an ad-hoc panel comprising of former Indian cricketers Shantha Rangaswamy, Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad to help appoint a new head coach for the national women's cricket team. With the Cricket Advisory Committee deciding to stay away, the three-member panel will conduct interviews of eligible candidates on December 20 at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Deadline for sending in applications is December 14. Rangaswamy is understood to have replaced Shubhangi Kulkarni on the panel with common consensus.
Ramesh Powar is reportedly yet to re-apply after his bitter fallout with senior-most player Mithali Raj, leading to an ugly blame game that began when she was dropped from the line-up for the ICC Women's World T20 semi-final against England last month. When Raj wrote a scathing letter blaming Powar of ill-treatment and humiliation in the Caribbean, the interim coach accused her of threatening to retire and leaving the tour mid-way if denied the opening slot in the batting order. It has been drama since, with India's T20I captain and vice-captain respectively, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana writing to BCCI backing Powar.
Meanwhile, Herschelle Gibbs, Owais hah, and Manoj Prabhakar have confirmed their applications for the vacant position.
