BCCI shortlisted these 6 names for the head coach of Team India

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday shortlisted 6 names for the head coach of Team India, including current coach Ravi Shastri. Apart from Shastri, two more Indians have been shortlisted. These include former cricketers Lalchand Rajput and Robin Singh. Other team candidates are Mike Hewson, Tom Moody, and Phil Simmons. A BCCI source told news agency ANI, ‘The BCCI has shortlisted 6 candidates, including Robin Singh, Lalchand Rajput, Mike Hewson, Phil Simons, Tom Moody, and Ravi Shastri. The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed on 16 August.

The interview for the head coach will take a three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). Earlier reports said that interviews for the post of coach could be held from August 13 to 14. When asked by the news agency IANS if Virat Kohli would be considered for the selection of the coach, he said that just as the captain of the women’s team was not in the process of choosing the coach, in the same way, this time also the captain in this process will not be included.

He said, ‘I don’t think the captain will be included in it because according to the guidelines given to him, he has clear guidelines as to who will participate in it, who will not. Now, it depends on the committee, who they choose for the post of coach. Neither the captain nor the COA will have any role in it. This process was adopted to appoint the coach of the women’s team. The source said, “The committee will definitely suggest some names to the BCCI and after that, it will depend on the BCCI as to who it chooses.” Captain Virat Kohli, however, made his choice known before leaving for the Windies tour and said that the team is happy with the current coach Ravi Shastri.