Cricket News: Six candidates short listed for India coach's job

Six candidates, including incumbent Ravi Shastri have been short-listed for the high-profile post of the Indian cricket team's head coach. GFX IN The six candidates are former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, ex-Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, former West Indies all-rounder and Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons, ex-India team manager Lalchand Rajput, former India fielding coach Robin Singh and Shastri. GFX OUT The candidates will give a presentation to the Cricket Advisory Committee headed by the legendary Kapil Dev, and a final decision will be arrived at the end of this week or early next week. Besides the country's first World Cup-winning skipper Dev, the newly-appointed CAC comprises Anshuman Gaekwad and former women's team captain Shantha Rangaswamy.