Virender Sehwag said on Friday that due to lack of preservation of officials in the BCCI, he missed the main coach of the Indian cricket team and would not apply for the post again.

Sehwag lagged behind Ravi Shastri in the race for this post, which was considered as the choice of captain Virat Kohli.

This decision though was not unanimous and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who was involved in the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), was against it.

Sehwag said during a 'chat show' in the Hindi news channel 'India TV', "Look, I could not become a coach because I did not have any settings from who was selecting the coach."

This former aggressive opener claimed that when he was applying for this post, a section of the BCCI had given him a stray.

Sehwag said, "I never thought of giving coaching to the Indian cricket team. I was offered to be the coach of the team. BCCI Secretary (Ambitabh Chaudhary) and General Manager (Sports Development) MV Shridhar came to me and requested me to think about this offer. I took the time and then applied for this post."

He claimed that before applying for this post, he had consulted Indian captain Virat Kohli.

Sehwag said, "I had spoken to Virat Kohli also, he told me to move forward. After this I had applied If you ask my view, I would say that I had never been interested in it."

He said, "I thought they are urging, so I should help them. I have never thought about the application itself and will never apply in the future."

Sehwag also said that Shastri had initially told him that he would not apply for the post and if he had already known his intentions, then he would not send his name.

He said, "When I was in England during the Champions Trophy, I asked Ravi Shastri why did not he apply for the post?

Shastri then told me that he will not repeat the mistake that he has done once."

Sehwag said, "If Ravi had applied earlier, I do not think there was any possibility of applying for this position. I never apply."

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