With Virat Kohli sustaining a right thumb injury during the third ODI, the team management would like to exercise precaution and may be rest their best player before World Test championship opener
While Ravi Shastri is favourite to retain his position as head coach - the CAC isn't too keen on a foreign face - there are five other candidates who are looking to give him tough competition
The interview of all the shortlisted candidates will be taking place in Mumbai for the appointment of the coach and the announcement is likely at 7 in the evening
The CAC will announce the selected candidate later this evening
Virat Kohli scored his 43rd ODI century to lead India to victory by 6 wickets in Chris Gayle's last ODI match for West Indies.
Krunal said he never wanted to be known as a one-format wonder and after the recent success in the shortest format of the game, he wants to break into the Indian team in the ODIs
After the T20 series, India would look to clinch the ODI series as well, but the Windies team would look to fight back in what could be Chris Gayle's last match for the side
Since Dhawan is not part of the Test squad, the Delhi left-hander would like to finish the Caribbean assignment on a high.
The other candidates are Lalchand Rajput, Mike Hesson, Tom Moody, and Phil Simmons
Jaffer sees Kohli breaking Sachin's ODI record, scoring 75-80 tons
As a result of this knock of 120 runs, Kohli became the highest run-getter against West Indies in the ODI format.
Iyer is a contender for the still vacant number four spot even though the Indian team management has been backing young wicketkeeper-batsman Pant
Mahela Jayawardane comes third in the list with 115* which he scored against New Zealand in 2005 at Jamaica's Sabina Park
Virat Kohli, who had a relatively quiet World Cup in England, went on to score his 42nd ODI century, his first since March, as India registered a 59-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-ODI series
The India skipper also shattered a 26-year-old record when he surpassed Pakistan's Javed Miandad for most runs by any batsman in ODIs against the West Indies
Virat Kohli slammed his 42nd ODI century as Shreyas Iyer scored a crucial 71 runs to take India to vcitory
The sport's growth is more than just an idiosyncrasy of the Anglosphere
The 2nd ODI in Trinidad holds significance for West Indies as they have been on a downward spiral since the recently concluded World Cup
Iyer, who didn't get game time during the T20 series, was in the India playing 11 during the rain-affected first game, which was abandoned after 13 overs in Guyana.
Having stalled the ministry's near decade long attempts to bring BCCI under the NADA fold, the Board finally relented on Friday, a move that could have far-reaching implications in the near future.