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Kolkata: The all important interview to select the new coach of the Indian cricket team will take place in Mumbai on July 10, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the CAB today. "The interview will be held on the 10th of this month in Mumbai," Ganguly told reporters today in Kolkata. Former India opener Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Rajput, Richard Pybus, Dodda Ganesh, Ravi Shastri and Venkatesh Prasad have applied for the top job which was vacated by former coach Anil Kumble in June. The BCCI has said the new coach will travel to Sri Lanka which starts from the last week of July. They have asked the applicants to be available for interview in person or via video conferencing in the week after the last date. But the big question will Ganguly accept taking the interview of the former Team Director via video conferencing. The former India captain had an infamous fall-out with Shastri during last year’s interview process when the former Team Director accused the former skipper of not being present during his interview via video conference. A livid Ganguly had then said that if Shastri was so serious about the job, he should have appeared in person rather than appearing via video conference while holidaying in Bangkok. The BCCI also finds them in a sticky wicket as some of the coaches who had initially applied are not happy with the BCCI move. In fact, Virender Sehwag had to be convinced by some of the Board members to apply for the position.