Twenty20 WC: Probables to be named on July 7

The 30 probables for the inaugural World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa will be picked by the selection committee in Mumbai on July 7, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Sunday.

The selectors, headed by Dilip Vengsarkar, will pick the probables for the Twenty20 World Championship along with the India 'A' team for its tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya, BCCI chief executive officer Ratnakar Shetty said

The list of probables will be have to be pruned to 14 names for the tournament in South Africa, a month before the event's commencement on September 11.

The 'A' tour to Zimbabwe and Kenya will commence later this month and a coach and manager for the squad will also have to be chosen.

Meanwhile, Shetty said the selection process for the coach of the Indian team is yet to start though a system has already been put in place.

"We will follow the system," said Shetty, adding that no candidate has been identified for the job as yet.

However, the names of former Australian cricketer John Dyon plus a few others are doing the rounds without the BCCI acknowledging that these persons are in the running for the high-profile job.

India do not have a coach since the exit of former Australia captain Greg Chappell [Images] after the team's disastrous outing in the World Cup in March.

As a stop-gap arrangement, BCCI has appointed former Test captain and middle-order batsman Chandu Borde [Images] as cricket manager on the team's current tour of the United Kingdom.

BCCI president Sharad Pawar [Images] said in London [Images] on Friday that the Board is now looking for another foreign coach, but there is no time frame for taking a decision in this regard.

Pawar had also said the BCCI would be more careful in handling the coach selection process in the future after having been snubbed by South Africa's Graham Ford.

"In future, we will see that these issues are handled carefully," Pawar said on the sidelines of the ICC [Images] Annual Meeting.

The BCCI was put in an embarrassing situation when Ford, who was chosen ahead of former England [Images] spinner John Emburey, turned down the offer and decided to stay with English county Kent.