Credit to Kohli for staying out of coach selection: Ganguly
Cricket Advisory Committee member Sourav Ganguly said Team India skipper Virat Kohli has not made any suggestions in the coach selection process. "We will speak to Virat and the announcement will be made...Virat, who we respect so much, is an important cog in this wheel. Credit needs to be given to him for staying out of this process," said Ganguly.
Cricket Advisory Committee member Sourav Ganguly on Monday revealed that the selection process for Team India head coach was over but they need a little more time to deliberate and discuss everything with captain Virat Kohli before making a final announcement.The CAC interviewed five candidates at the BCCI headquarters - Virender Sehwag, Lalchand Rajput, Tom Moody, Richard Pybus and Ravi Shastri - while Phil Simmons wasn't available for the meeting.WATCH FULL VIDEOGanguly said all stakeholders needed to be on the same page and that was why it was important for the CAC to speak with the captain before announcing who the next coach will be.The former India captain also lauded Kohli for staying completely out of this process."We will speak to Virat and the announcement will be made after that. Virat, who we respect so much, is an important cog in this wheel. Credit needs to Virat Kohli for staying completely out of this process."He has no inputs, he has not sent any names but we feel as an advisory committee that he is the captain which is the most important thing in Indian cricket. "He and everyone of us needs to be on the same page because for us Indian cricket is more important. We are just a small bit, the main bit is the players who are going to play and the coach," Ganguly said at a press conference after the interviews were done.