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[caption id="attachment_46895" align="alignnone" width="580"] Former India opener Virender Sehwag .[/caption] Internet Desk: Former India opener Virender Sehwag made a shocking revelation about him losing the job of India coach in his first chat show on India TV. Sehwag at last broke his two-month silence to throw light on the events that transpired in the run-up to the most coveted sporting job in the country. Viru admitted, “Meri setting nahi thi na! (I didn’t have a lobbying power)”. The Delhi batsman lost out on the job of India coach to former Team India Director Ravi Shastri. Sehwag went on to add that India Captain Virat Kohli asked him personally to apply for the job in May, who urged him to do so, and after he was initially approached by the BCCI officials. “I didn’t think of becoming India coach. BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and MV Sridhar (GM Cricket Operations) came to me. They requested me. I took my time. I spoke to Virat Kohli. Voh bhi yahi keh rahe they, tab jaake I applied. (He also said the same, only then I applied).” In spite of having his former teammates and friends in the Cricket Advisory Committee, comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, Sehwag (men responsible to take the interviews of the applicants) lost out on the job. “Meri setting nahi thi na! (I didn’t have a lobbying power)”. He also clarified that he also didn’t mean that Shastri had any “setting”: I won’t say that (he had). They had to choose the best candidate among 10 applicants. Ravi Shastri was the best. And he got the chance to coach.” The former India opener also admitted he would have never applied for the job had he known that Shastri was also interested. “When we were commenting in England, I asked him, why aren’t you applying and he told me, “ek baar galti kar chuka hoon, dobara nahi karoonga.” (I had made mistake once, won’t repeat it twice). Sehwag saw nothing wrong in Shastri getting his own men in the coaching staff. According to him , “Every coach desires to bring in his own support staff. Ek ya do changes zaroor karta hai support staff mey. Jo mere issab sey kaam kare, main jo baate karoon, voh implement ho. (who would work according to my style, and implement the things I want). If I had become coach, one or two changes would definitely have been there.” “Pareshani thi (I was troubled) with the way Kumble exit happened. Even when I was in England for commentary (for Champions Trophy), I tried to speak to both people. Dono sey baat karke, yadi dono reh jaaye, un dono ki ban jaaye – kumble and kohli ki then acha ho. (if both could stay, if things could work out well between them, it would have been for the best.”)