145;Don146;t rush it, name stand-in if you must146;

8216;8216;Both our countries should take it easily. It8217;s all right even if it takes three or four months. As far as I8217;m concerned you need to appoint the right person and not just fill the gap.8217;8217;

8220;It8217;s not about picking a player. This is something more important and bigger because it concerns a national team8217;s think-tank. So even if it means appointing an interim coach for the first six months till all parties concerned are convinced, then so be it8217;8217;, said Ranatunga.

Insisting that a coach will take time to settle down owing to working in a different culture and adapt, the selectors of coaches in both India and Sri Lanka have to look at these things before zeroing in on one name.