NEW DELHI, Aug. 16 -- India's head coach Ravi Shastri is a runaway favourite to retain his post when the Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviews the six short-listed candidates in Mumbai on Friday.

Apart from Shastri, the other big names who will give presentations to the three-member committee include former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, along with ex-New Zealand and Kings XI Punjab coach Mike Hesson.

India's 2007 World T20-winning cricket manager Lalchand Rajput, former Mumbai Indians head coach Robin Singh and West Indies's Phil Simmons, who until recently was Afghanistan national team coach, are the other candidates in fray.

Shastri's record since his comeback in 2017 has been very impressiv...