Theâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088Mumbai Ranji Trophy team and the U-19 boys have to wait to get their new coach after the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) yesterday extended the deadline for receiving the applications. After getting a lukewarm response for the top job, the MCA's newly-formed Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) met yesterday to finalise the coaches for the senior and junior Mumbai teams. However, they decided to invite more applications and hence extended the deadline to July 9.

The CIC will now meet on July 11 to finalise the coaches. Ex-India cricketers Ramesh Powar and Ajay Ratra, former Mumbai stumper Vinayak Samant, former Vidarbha off-spinner Pritam Gandhe and ex-Maharashtra batsman Nandan Phadnis have applied for the Mumbai Ranji team coach post. Ex-Mumbai U-19 coach Vinod Raghavan has applied for both positions.