KOLKATA, June 21:
India’s prolonged search for a new cricket coach reached its final stage today with a high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewing former India captains Anil Kumble and Ravi Shastri among a host of other candidates.
Three-member committee including Sachin Tendulkar (via video conference), Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, interviewed as many as seven candidates in a marathon session during which the candidates their individual roadmaps on Indian cricket.
While Kumble appeared for the interview in person, Shastri, who is out of the country, appeared for the interview via Skype. Among the foreign applicants, former Australian players Stuart Law and Tom Moody also gave their presentations via video conference.
Interestingly, a high profile candidate like Sandip Patil was not called for the interview while former India players Lalchand Rajput and Pravin Amre got the opportunity to make their case.
“I was not invited for an interview,” Patil, who is currently the head of national selection committee, he said.
Amongst other foreigners, Andy Moles, an Englishman who has coached New Zealand national and Afghanistan in the past, also gave his presentation via video conference. (PTI)
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