Virender Sehwag to get the most coveted job in world cricket: Reports

India has been without a coach for almost a month now. The search for the new coach is almost done as the Cricket Advisory Committee has made their decision but is waiting before they announce. Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, and VVS Laxman were headed by Vinod Rai during the interviews.

There were a total of five interviews done and dusted in 4 hours. Ravi Shastri was the front-runner for the job but now it seems unlikely. The former Indian coach might not get the chance to get his job back. Out of the five candidates, Virender Sehwag was one of them and so was Richard Pybus. The decision has been made but the CAC is waiting to first brief the Indian captain about the same.

Virender Sehwag likely to get the job

Virender Sehwag has impressed everyone during his coaching days with KXIP. He helmed the IPL outfit as they almost qualified for the playoffs with a rather weak and unbalanced side. He worked his magic as the young players stepped up and Punjab was winning games all of a sudden, taking that into consideration, Viru might just be a hit.

According to NDTV and their sources, the CAC committee is super impressed with Virender Sehwag’s vision for Indian cricket. He put forth his points pretty well and his former teammates are very impressed by his vision.

However, the official announcement is awaited, from the looks of it Virender Sehwag might be India’s new coach. Had it been Ravi Shastri, CAC might have announced it yesterday itself as Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri are familiar with the way both of them work. Going by this we can say that Ravi Shastri is going to miss out this time.

It will be interesting to see how Sehwag takes Indian cricket forward as he is unique in almost everything he does. He has been a fantastic cricketer in his days and has won many games for India but being a coach of a squad filled with stars is a different story altogether.

Ganguly’s advice to Virat

Ganguly also talked about Virat’s approach towards the coaches. He said that the Indian captain needs to understand the way a coach goes about his business. He said, “Virat needs to understand how coaches operate.” It was kind of an advice to Virat by the former Indian captain who has had his differences with the then coaches of India.