Agencies
Chennai, Jun 9: South African Graham Ford was on Saturday appointed India's cricket coach for a one-year period.
"The seven-member Special Committee headed by BCCI President Sharad Pawar has decided to appoint Ford as the Indian team coach initially for one year," Board Treasurer N Srinivasan told reporters here.
Ford’s appointment came after a marathon two-hour meeting of the Special Committee which also interviewed former England spinner John Emburey.
"Ford will intimate the BCCI before its Working Committee meeting in Delhi on June 12 as to when he would be able to join the team," Srinivasan said.
"No ratification (of the Committee's decision) is necessary as Board President himself was the chairman of the Committee," he said.