Amre, Rajput to be interviewed by CAC today

The search for the right man to coach Team India will enter 'D' day as the cricket board's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising the legendary trio of Sachin Tendulkar (who'll give his inputs via video conferencing), Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, with former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale working as its chief co-ordinator, interviews the candidates at a five star hotel in Kolkata on Tuesday (June 21).
According to sources, two of the aspirants who've been invited to make a 30 to 45-minute presentation on how they plan to go about doing the most high-profile coaching job in world cricket are former India and Mumbai batsmen Lalchand Rajput and Pravin Amre. Rajput, who played two Tests for India in the 80s, was the cricket manager of the team when India won the inaugural World T20 in South Africa in 2007, and later was coach when the Men in Blue clinched the 'CB' Series in Australia for the first time.
He was replaced by former South African opener Gary Kirsten later, and went on to coach India 'A' for almost the next four years on various tours, where the team did well. Quite a few members of the present Indian team were a part of those sides.
Amre played 11 Tests and 37 ODIs in the early 90s, coached the Mumbai team to three Ranji titles, but is more well-known as a personal coach-mentor to quite a few Indian batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane (amongst the present lot, besides Robin Uthappa and Dinesh Karthik too).
There are quite a few aspirants who hadn't received a call from the BCCI till Monday evening. TOI can confirm that former India players Sandeep Patil, Venkatesh Prasad, Robin Singh and Balwinder Singh Sandhu have not been invited, at the time of writing this. Patil and Prasad are current senior and junior national selectors. Two of the leading candidates in this race - leg-spin legend Anil Kumble and ex-India all-rounder and team director Ravi Shastri, did not respond to calls or messages, but are likely to be present in Kolkata.
Camp before Windies tour
The new coach will immediately get a chance to bond with the Virat Kohli-led Indian Test team at a short training camp ahead of the West Indies tour, likely to be held in Bangalore in June end. The team, which will play four Tests in the Caribbean, will leave for the tour on July 5.