The selection process of the support staff began on Monday and the selectors have interviewed 14 candidates for batting position including incumbent Sanjay Bangar, 12 aspirants for bowling coach position including the current coach Bharat Arun.
They also interviewed nine candidates including incumbent R Sridhar and former South Africa player Jonty Rhodes for the fielding coach's role.
Twenty-five candidates have applied for the post of administrative manager position and are set to be interviewed on Thursday when the entire process will be concluded.
Incumbent Sunil Subramaniam, who allegedly misbehaved with the official of the Indian High Commission in West Indies, will also appear for the interview on Thursday. However, he is unlikely to be picked again.
Sudarshan VP, who was India team's strength and conditioning coach for a brief period and was also associated with National Cricket Academy, too was interviewed.
Noted sports orthopaedic doctor Dinshaw Pardiwala and Ranadeep Moitra, a former first-class cricketer and a strength and conditioning coach, assisted the five-member selection panel led by MSK Prasad.
The support staff will be appointed for a period of two years beginning from the series against South Africa till the end of the 2021 T20 World Cup to be held in India.
Last week, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaikwad and Shantha Rangaswamy had reappointed Ravi Shastri as the team's coach till the end of 2021 T20 World Cup.