India coach to be named by Thursday evening: Anurag Thakur

The hunt for the new Indian cricket team's coach seems to be ending sooner than expected. Anurag Thakur, Board of Control for Cricket in India president, confirmed that the declaration of the new head coach will be made by Thursday (June 23) evening, according to ANI.
"Announcement on Indian cricket team's head coach will be made by this evening," Thakur, currently in Dharamsala for the BCCI's first annual cricket conclave, said on Thursday morning.
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising former star batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, and headed by Sanjay Jagdale was given the responsibility to appoint India's next coach. The committee, who revealed that they'd completed the interview process, had earlier sought time until Friday morning to submit their findings. However, the process seems to have been completed sooner than expected.
Former India spinner Anil Kumble has emerged as the leading candidate to take over the post as TOI earlier reported that a powerful member of the BCCI has backed Kumble to be picked ahead of his immediate competitor Ravi Shastri for the job of head coach.
India have been without a coach since the end of ICC World Twenty20, when the contract of Team Director and coach Shastri ended. Sanjay Bangar was appointed as the stand-in coach for the tour of Zimbabwe. The BCCI put out advertisements for new coach on June 1, which invited an overwhelming 57 applications.