Rajkot: India will play under an interim coach in the ODI series against Australia and a full-time coach would take over before the home series against Pakistan, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said on Sunday.
"We (BCCI) have received some applications for the job of coach which would be reviewed during the board's Working Committee meeting to be held at Bangalore on September 29," the BCCI secretary said.
However, he did not disclose the name of any of the applicants.
Shah said a full-time coach would be available only before the Pakistan series and India will have to play against Australia with an interim coach.
Showering praise on Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led the Indian team in the final of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup in South Africa, Shah dubbed him as the future captain of India.
"Dhoni is India's future captain in ODIs and is likely to be in Test matches also. This decision, however, would be taken by the selection committee", he added.
Reacting on Rahul Dravid's decision to quit captaincy, Shah said there was no differences between Dravid and the selection committee.
"Dravid is an experienced player and he himself has taken the decision to quit the captaincy and BCCI respects his decision", he added.
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