Ex-South African coach Ford and Arjuna Ranatunga race for the Indian cricket coach's job
Ajit Parker
Jun. 5, 2007

Arjuna Ranatunga will show up next week to meet with BCCI officials. Along with Ford he is the front-runner now.

Ex-South African coach Ford and Arjuna Ranatunga race for the Indian cricket coach's job.

Ford’s name, which popped up for the first time last week, has received the strong backing of Indian players, most significantly from skipper Rahul Dravid. He has also been recommended strongly by South Africa veterans Jonty Rhodes and Shaun Pollock.

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar pushed Ranatunga’s name during the meeting of the BCCI’s coach selection panel here this evening. But the Board chose to keep the former Sri Lankan skipper’s name under wraps, simply because it’s not yet had a chance to sound him out in detail.

Ranatunga, who led Sri Lanka to World Cup glory in 1996, is now a prominent political voice in Colombo, and is “willing” to make the Chennai trip. But then, he has no coaching credentials to speak of, except for his exceptional player-management skills. Which brings the focus back to 46-year-old Ford, who came on Dravid’s radar in 2002, when the Indian skipper appeared for his second stint with the county.

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