New Delhi, April 24: The Indian cricket team's new manager and coach would be appointed for a tenure of two years, the Cricket Board disclosed on Tuesday.

A day after constituting a seven-member panel to pick Greg Chappell's successor, the BCCI said it was yet to zero in on possible candidates for the job but has decided to give the new appointees a couple of years to work with the team.

"We have formed a panel under Board President Sharad Pawar with three former captains (Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Venkat Raghavan) and office bearers. We will start working immediately after the World Cup and appoint a new manager and coach for a tenure of two years," said BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, who is currently in Kingston.

"We will see who all are available for the job after the World Cup is over," he said.

Though Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody are said to be front runners for the job, Shah maintained the Board would initiate the search only after the World Cup final.

"I don't think it would be right to check on anybody until the World Cup is on. The entire process will start only after the World Cup gets over," he said.