Announcement on Indian team’s coach will be made by this evening: Anurag Thakur

Jun 23, 2016 at 11:19 AM

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Announcement on Indian team’s coach will be made by this evening: Anurag Thakur

The hunt for Indian cricket team’s new coach looks to be ending sooner than expected. BCCI president Anurag Thakur confirmed that announcement of the new head coach will be made by This (Thursday, 23 June) evening, according to a report from ANI.

“Announcement on Indian cricket team’s head coach will be made by this evening,” Thakur, currently in Dharamsala for the BCCI’s first annual cricket conclave, said.

The Cricket Advisory Committee, involving Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman, believed to have interviewed six to seven candidates on Tuesday in Kolkata. Sachin was communicating through video conference, other members of the Cricket Advisory Committee were present.

Anil Kumble and Ravi Shastri as expected from the beginning, were two of the most high-profile candidates who came for the interview.

While Kumble appeared in person for the high-profile interview, Shastri joined the interview process through Skype as he is currently in Thailand.

Anil Kumble may have been relatively a late entrant into the long list of candidates for the Indian coaching job but his outstanding pedigree and vision to make the team successful abroad may now have given him the steering wheel of Indian cricket. Going into the final round, Kumble looks to be the frontrunner now.The other candidates who were interviewed were Tom Moody, Stuart Law, Lalchand Rajput, Pravin Amre and Andy Moles.

Some reports claimed that Ravi Shastri, who is one of the other contenders, didn’t even make any presentation, but spoke in detail about his plans.

Yesterday the rumblings in the BCCI corridor started to highlight, they were blindsided by the panel on Kumble’s inclusion, were more interested in Shastri instead, and speculations were even rife that the board had the backing of Virat Kohli, the present and future face of the Indian team.

Ganguly and Tendulkar who have carried out major roles in selecting and removing coaches in their own playing careers may have recognised the intricate power-play involved here.

“Kumble wasn’t shortlisted first. People in the BCCI are well aware that Kumble doesn’t meet two very important criteria set for the aspirants. He doesn’t have any previous coaching experience at the first-class or international level, nor is he a certified coach. This is why Kumble wasn’t shortlisted following the initial scrutiny. But the committee wanted to look into his application, which was made available,” a well-placed board official told The Indian Express.

Kumble was included in the list later, obviously on the insistence of the four-member committee which has been formed to pick the right man for the job.

India have been playing without a head coach since the end of ICC World Twenty20 earlier this year, when the contract of Team Director and interim coach Shastri ended. Sanjay Bangar was appointed as another caretaker coach for the Zimbabwe tour. The BCCI put out advertisements for a new coach on June 1, which invited an overwhelming 57 applications.

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