Sehwag, Moody throw their hat into the ring, apply for India head coach’s post

INDIA GREAT Virender Sehwag has become the most high-profile cricketer to apply for the post of India's next chief coach. The top post is set to be up for grabs following the ongoing Champions Trophy as present head coach Anil Kumble’s tenure will come to an end. 

Apart from Sehwag, Australian Tom Moody, Englishman Richard Pybus, former India cricketer Dodha Ganesh and former India A coach Lal Chand Rajput have also applied for the job. However, Kumble is an automatic entrant into the process. As reported by The Indian Express, the tenure of the next India coach will run until the 2019 World Cup. A senior BCCI official working close to the development said, 

"We have contacted Sehwag during the IPL and asked him to consider applying for the job of India coach. But he won’t be the only one applying because we expect other former players to also throw their hats in the ring. The board wants to go through the process of selection of coach again. Also, the next contract is likely to run until the 2019 World Cup, so even the length of the contract has to be taken into consideration before appointing the coach. We don’t want a scenario where the players and the coach are not on the same page." 

It is known that Moody and Rajput had applied for the top job last year also but it was Kumble, who got the nod. 

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