NEW DELHI, May 6: India’s cricket board included three former Test captains in a committee set up on Friday to appoint a successor to New Zealander John Wright, who departed as national coach last month. The six-member panel of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Srinivas Venkataraghavan plus three Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials will hold their first meeting on Sunday, a board release said.

An Australian candidate is favoured to replace Wright, who ended his 4-1/2-year tenure as India’s first foreign coach after the home series against Pakistan to spend time with his family. Former Australia captain Greg Chappell and his compatriot Dean Jones have shown interest and have already forwarded their CVs to the BCCI.—Reuters