Rating the top applicants for India coach's job

#4 Stuart Law : 8/10

Stuart Law has coached the Sri Lankan cricket team in the past

One of the most high-profile foreign applicants to have expressed their interest for the aforementioned coveted position has been the former Australian middle-order batsman, Stuart Law. Law has had successful stints with the Sri Lankan cricket team and the Bangladesh Cricket team. After retiring from first-class cricket in 2009, he was appointed as the assistant coach of the Sri Lankan national side for a term of two years – from 2009 to 2011 – and was elevated to the position of the head coach the following year. A year after that, the Australian moved to Bangladesh.

Therefore, Law has enough experience of the subcontinental conditions having worked with two of the major subcontinental nations and would be able to easily acclimatise to the Indian conditions if he is appointed as the coach. However, Law remains non-committal to any new responsibility as of now, as he is currently serving as the batting consultant of the Australian cricket team to prepare them for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka in August 2016. It has been reported that after the completion of the tour - on August 25 - if Australia do not require any more of his services, he would be ready and willing to coach the Indian cricket team.

“I was in India for the A Team tour with Australia and was asked the question then about the vacant head coach position in India, the answer is still the same. I would love to work within the Indian cricket team. But only after my contract expires with CA,” Law had said last month. “I feel the national coach of any team is a huge responsibility and must take full commitment from the person selected to start the process with a clear mind and direction. At the moment, I am unable to commit as such. For anyone, it would be a great opportunity to work with some of the most talented cricketers on the planet and a chance to really mould the squad into a team that is feared worldwide. For me, maybe one day.”