BCCI to look for Team India coach after the 2019 World Cup
India TV NewsRavi Shastri remains favourite to continue as the Indian cricket team's head coach after the World Cup but the BCCI will be forced to restart the process as the former India all-rounder's service contract doesn't have an extension or renewal clause. Unlike most of the big football or NBA clubs, who have a renewal or an extension clause for their coaches, the BCCI, from Anil Kumble's time as chief coach, never had that particular clause. Therefore, even if India win the World Cup under Shastri's coaching, he will have to come through the fresh recruitment process even though he will be a direct entry into the shortlisted panel as the current coach," a senior BCCI official, privy to the development, told PTI on condition of anonymity. The official said that the BCCI needs to follow the due process of putting up an "Shastri, Sanjay Bangar, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar, their contracts will end with India's last match in the World Cup.