The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to announce Team India’s support staff for the one-off Test and one-day international series in Bangladesh. Chief among appointments would be the Team Director, a role Ravi Shastri performed mid-way from the 2014 tour of England to the 2015 World Cup, where India only lost to eventual champions Australia in the semi-final.

With the Board planning the announcements just a few days before the team departs to Bangladesh, it gives one the impression that things are not firm, as they should be.