Moody unlikely to be India's coach

Bridgetown: Sri Lanka's coach Tom Moody would not be interested in the Indian job even if the offer was to come his way, a senior player of the Lankan squad has said.

Indian Board secretary Niranjan Shah, who has come to the Caribbean to witness the World Cup semifinals and final, had also planned to hold informal discussions with Moody but apparently nothing of that sort has happened.

Shah after watching the first semifinal in Jamaica, left for St. Lucia on Tuesday night to watch the second semi-final on Wednesday.

Shah confirmed as much that the new coach would have a tenure of two years.

Interestingly, he has said, "The Board would appoint a permanent manager for the Indian team."

It's a new development and seems to go with captain Rahul Dravid's opinion who apparently suggested to the Board that they should have a permanent manager with the team.

Shah said that the actual discussions for the Indian coaching job would take place after the World Cup was over and when some clarity emerged on who was available.

As of now, only Moody and Dav Whatmore of Bangladesh among international coaches were in contention.

Moody had applied for Indian coach's role two years ago but the Indian Board had then given Greg Chappell preference over him.

Moody apparently doesn't want to take up a job which involves lot of international travelling as well as the accompanying pressure of media and fans.

Besides, there were indications that Moody could become the coach of Western Australia.

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