Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag and Tom Moody are the frontrunners to become India's next head coach.
The Cricket Advisory Committee will convene in Mumbai this afternoon to interview six candidadtes for the India coach's job and it increasingly looks like a three-way race between former team director Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag and Tom Moody.
UPDATES FROM CRICKET CENTER:
Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman arrived at the Cricket Center some time back. The start of the interview process got delayed because Ganguly took a 9.15 AM flight out to Mumbai. However, both men reached the venue. Virender Sehwag has also arrived. Lalchand Rajput will be the first to be interviewed via Skype.
BATTLE BETWEEN SHASTRI, SEHWAG AND MOODY
Shastri had applied after Anil Kumble's shock resignation following differences with skipper Virat Kohli. Sehwag and Moody were among the original five shortlisted candidates after the BCCI had issued an advertisement for the coveted post.
As team director from 2014 to 2016, Shastri had a good run as India won an ODI series against England, reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and World T20, won a T20I series in Australia and clinched the Asia Cup.
The players, especially Kohli, were also reported to be in favour of Shastri but it is now learnt they would not have a problem with Sehwag or Moody either.
The Committee of Administrators has left the onus clearly on CAC and there would be no interference from the board.
Sehwag is well-liked and respected by the team and is understood to have good backing from sections of the BCCI.
However, it could all come down to who Kohli wants as coach. In case he does put his foot down for Shastri, the CAC might have to pick him. Otherwise, there is little to choose between Shastri and Sehwag as of now.
Experience and credentials as coach may also matter little since Kumble showed what a sharp cricketing brain in the dressing-room could do. The former India captain had no prior coaching experience but took the team to the top of the ICC Test rankings and preceeded over series wins against West Indies, New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia.
Source:India Today
The Cricket Advisory Committee will convene in Mumbai this afternoon to interview six candidadtes for the India coach's job and it increasingly looks like a three-way race between former team director Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag and Tom Moody.
UPDATES FROM CRICKET CENTER:
Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman arrived at the Cricket Center some time back. The start of the interview process got delayed because Ganguly took a 9.15 AM flight out to Mumbai. However, both men reached the venue. Virender Sehwag has also arrived. Lalchand Rajput will be the first to be interviewed via Skype.
BATTLE BETWEEN SHASTRI, SEHWAG AND MOODY
Shastri had applied after Anil Kumble's shock resignation following differences with skipper Virat Kohli. Sehwag and Moody were among the original five shortlisted candidates after the BCCI had issued an advertisement for the coveted post.
As team director from 2014 to 2016, Shastri had a good run as India won an ODI series against England, reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and World T20, won a T20I series in Australia and clinched the Asia Cup.
The players, especially Kohli, were also reported to be in favour of Shastri but it is now learnt they would not have a problem with Sehwag or Moody either.
The Committee of Administrators has left the onus clearly on CAC and there would be no interference from the board.
Sehwag is well-liked and respected by the team and is understood to have good backing from sections of the BCCI.
However, it could all come down to who Kohli wants as coach. In case he does put his foot down for Shastri, the CAC might have to pick him. Otherwise, there is little to choose between Shastri and Sehwag as of now.
Experience and credentials as coach may also matter little since Kumble showed what a sharp cricketing brain in the dressing-room could do. The former India captain had no prior coaching experience but took the team to the top of the ICC Test rankings and preceeded over series wins against West Indies, New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia.
Source:India Today
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