Once bitten ever shy seems to be the policy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India vis-a-vis its selection of the national coach in the aftermath of the disastrous Graham Ford episode a few months ago.

“We have been receiving applications from candidates and the deadline is September 15 after which they will be scrutinised, a short resume of each candidate prepared and sent to the members of the special committee formed to select the coach,” BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI on Tuesday.

“We will then convene a meeting of the committee. All these are subject to us getting applications from the right candidates,” the BCCI official said.

“Hopefully the process (of coach selection) will get over before the start of the seven-match one-day international series against (World Cup Champions) Australia,” Shah added.