Ravi Shastri, Anil Kumble are all set to be interviewed for the post of Indian cricket team head coach by the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s technical advisory committee. The committee comprising of Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar will take the interview of the shortlisted 21 candidates. Sachin Tendulkar will join in from London via video conference.
Confirming the development, a top Cricket Association of Bengal official said all the “prominent” names who are in contention would attend the interview.
“Obviously the two-three prominent ones would be here. The meeting will start at 1.30 pm. The meeting will be convened by Sanjay Jagdale,” he said
Apart from Shastri and Kumble, the other Indian names in contention are Sandeep Patil, Vikram Rathour, Praveen Amre, Balwinder Sandhu and Venkatesh Prasad among others.
The advisory committee will forward their recommendation to the BCCI president Anurag Thakur. Final decision will be taken at the working committee meeting in Dharamsala on June 24.
The advisory committee may also take interview of those who were among the 57 applications before being trimmed to 21, the Board is keen to announce the coach ahead of the West Indies tour next month.