The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has once again showed extraordinary urgency in appointing the coaches and support staff members of the Indian team before covering all bases."

Yesterday, during a CoA meeting in New Delhi, the Vinod Rai-headed committee decided to form an ad-hoc panel of Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy to select the coaches and support staff members for Virat Kohli's team. July 30 is the deadline to apply. Head coach Ravi Shastri and his team of support staff members have been given an extension till the West Indies tour.