The media and cricket fans predicted Ravi Shastri to get an easy extension to his coaching job until 2021, and that was how it panned out when CAC chief Kapil Dev announced Ravi Shastri to retain his role in the Indian team. But now according to a source, it was not so hunky-dory for Ravi Shastri as Kiwi Mike Hesson almost pipped Shastri for the job.

New Zealander Mike Hesson who has coached King's XI Punjab in the IPL, had also coached the New Zealand national team to great heights between 2012 to 2018. The CAC had almost appointed Mike Hesson but switched back to Ravi Shastri just a while before the announcement.