"The BCCI office bearers will meet and the modalities regarding the process for selecting the new coach will be worked out," Niranjan Shah, the Board secretary, told the Hindu. "Right now we have Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh as the bowling and fielding coaches (and they) are doing a good job."

Shah, who didn't rule out the possibility of an advertisement being placed for the post, said a panel comprising former India captains Sunil Gavaskar, S Venkataraghavan and Ravi Shastri, and a select BCCI committee headed by Sharad Pawar, the board president, would screen the candidates.

"We are in no great hurry and will look for the best possible candidate," Shah said. "I am not in favour of advertising for the post but we will reach a consensus in which the views of the other office-bearers will also count."

India have been without a coach since Greg Chappell's resignation after the World Cup, with various positions being filled on an interim basis. Shastri took over as the cricket manager for the Bangladesh tour while Prasad and Singh were appointed as specialist coaches.

Graham Ford, the former South African coach who is currently the director of cricket at Kent, rejected the board's offer to coach the national side shortly after the board announced his appointment in haste. Chandu Borde, the former Indian captain, was subsequently appointed manager for the tours of England and Ireland.