Apart from selecting Shastri as India coach, Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were selected as India’s overseas Test batting consultant and bowling coach respectively.
"Now that they have made the choice, we sincerely feel that the new combination will steward the team to number 1 position in the World Cup," the COA added.
Few senior administrators in the BCCI felt that the CAC could have handled the whole episode in much simpler manner and not make it look like a last-minute appointment.
This comes after Sourav Ganguly’s statement where he mentioned that the CAC wants to speak with Kohli first before announcing the name of the head coach.
The CAC will certainly speak to Virat Kohli before announcing the new chief coach but they will only explain the "rationale" behind their decision.
Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Phil Simmons, Richard Pybus and Lalchand Rajput are among the six candidates, who will be interviewed by CAC.
As per sources, the six likely candidates are Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Phil Simmons, Richard Pybus and Lalchand Rajput.
CAC will take the decision if BCCI must go ahead with the same process or not.
Ravi Shastri put a rest to speculations after confirming his decision to apply for the position of Team India's head coach.
The CoA has officially expressed its displeasure over the BCCI not informing it about the decision to invite fresh applications for the position of coach after the withdrawal of Kumble.