Virender Sehwag

Former opening batsman Virender Sehwag has thrown his hat in the ring for the job of the national cricket team's head coach for which the BCCI had earlier invited applications. Sehwag, who was director of cricket operations of Indian Premier League (IPL) side King XI Punjab, is among the six candidates to have applied for the job, according to a top official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).