Indian cricket team coach to be selected on July 10: Sourav Ganguly

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is one of the three members of the Cricket Advisory Committee, along side Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member Sourav Ganguly today said that the interview to select the new India coach will be held on July 10 in Mumbai.

Sourav Ganguly and Rajeev Shukla after attending the BCCI Special General Meeting (SGM). (PTI)

The former India captain is one of the three members of the CAC, along side Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

READ | BCCI panel takes up Lodha report, discusses 12-year tenure

“The interview will be held on July 10 in Mumbai,” Ganguly told reporters at CAB before leaving for London to attend MCC’s World Cricket committee meeting at the Lord’s on July 3 and 4.

July 9 is the deadline to apply for the coach’s job, which has been reopened for the second time to seek more applications after Anil Kumble stepped down.

READ | BCCI told new statute must be in place before September AGM

Former India team director Ravi Shastri has emerged as a front runner for the top job, for which the likes of Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajput, Richard Pybus and Dodda Ganesh have also applied.