Team India will have new head coach by evening: BCCI President

June 23, 2016 09:42

Just In: BCCI President Anurag Thakur says announcement on Indian cricket team's head coach will be made by this evening.

The BCCI's cricket advisory committee, appointed to pick the India coach, had carried out interviews with six to seven candidates on Tuesday in Kolkata.

Anil Kumble and Ravi Shastri were the most high-profile candidates who made their presentations on Tuesday. While Kumble appeared in person for the interview, Shastri spoke with the panel through Skype as he was overseas.

The other candidates who were interviewed were Tom Moody, Stuart Law, Lalchand Rajput, Pravin Amre and Andy Moles.

The hunt for a new coach began after Shastri's contract as team director expired at the end of the World T20 in April. The application process started on June 1, with an advertisement on the BCCI website, and the board set a deadline of June 10. It received 57 applications, and the list of candidates was trimmed to 21 last week.

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