Coach appointment held back until Virat Kohli has his say: Ganguly---TOI

NEW DELHI: The much-awaited appointment of the next coach of the Indian men's cricket team has been deferred to an unconfirmed date, with the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman seeking Indian captain Virat Kohli's inputs before announcing the man to replace Anil Kumble in the most high-profile coaching role in the sport.

Addressing the media soon after the CAC conducted interviews with five candidates inside the corridors of the BCCI headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Ganguly told reporters that Kohli, who is currently out of the country, had to be apprised of their decision before the next coach could be revealed.

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"The announcement has been put on hold. We will speak to Virat Kohli first, there is no hurry. Let him come back from America," said Ganguly. "Virat has not given any inputs. The CAC will go out of the picture once Virat is spoken to. The Sri Lanka tour is not the objective, long term objectives are kept in mind. The process is concluded, nobody else will be in the reckoning."

"Have to give credit to Kohli that he totally stayed out of it, didn't give any input on names (for coach)," said Ganguly.




Ganguly confirmed that former India allrounder and captain Ravi Shastri, who was team director of the Indian men's cricket team from August 2014 to April 2016, Virender Sehwag, former Australian allrounder Tom Moody, current Afghanistan coach Lalchand Rajput and former Pakistan and Bangladesh coach and director of West Indies cricket Richard Pybus were all interviewed on Monday.