New BCCI Selection Committee Likely To Be Formed In January 2023 : Reports

Updated - 29 Dec 2022, 12:24 AM

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The New BCCI selection committee is likely to e formed in January next year as per reports in Cricbuzz. The three-member current CAC panel led by Ashok Malhotra will meet physically in BCCI’s Mumbai office for a formal introduction among the members. Sulakshana Naik and Jatin Paranjpe are the other members of the CAC.

The old selection committee headed by Chetan Sharma has been asked to continue till the third round of Ranji Trophy matches. The panel selected the Indian squads for the ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka. They have named Hardik Pandya as the captain of the T20I side after Rohit Sharma did not recover in time to join the side.

With the squads for the Sri Lanka series already announced, there is no immediate requirement for a selection committee and thus the CAC members can take their time and go through the profiles of various candidates who have applied for the position of national selector.

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The outgoing selectors Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have reapplied. Along with them, the likes of Venkatesh Prasad, S Sharath, SS Das, Maninder Singh, Mukund Parmar, Nayan Mongia, Salil Ankola, and Sameer Dighe have also applied for the five positions to be filled as per the different zones.

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The most likely candidate among them to win is Venkatesh Prasad given his experience in international cricket for India. Prasad has played 33 Tests & 161 ODIs for India. He has 290 International wickets in his bag and is the most experienced cricketer to apply for the new selector’s post. He has previous experience as a bowling coach with RCB as well in the IPL and thus has plenty of T20 experience to lean on as well.

Moreover, it has been learned that the CAC members are willing to hold the interviews in person rather than any virtual medium or zoom call. The same will be notified to the BCCI who will need to arrange the travel facilities for the shortlisted candidates.

No agenda of discussion has been set as yet for the candidates and it is learned that the CAC will meet the BCCI office bearers to discuss parameters on which the interviews will be held for the various candidates for the national selector’s post.

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