Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar (Image Courtesy - AFP)

While it has been a week since the BCCI appointed Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik in the the new Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), the trio is yet  to get the terms of reference that they would need when they pick the next batch of national selectors.

The first work of the CAC will be two appoint two new selectors after the terms of chief selector MSK Prasad and Gagan Khoda ended. Among the new selectors who will be selected, one will also be the chief selector. The likes of Ajit Agarkar, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Venkatesh Prasad, Rajesh Chauhan, Nayan Mongia, Chetan Chauhan, Nikhil Chopra, Abey Kuruvilla have applied for the post.

Recently, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had stated that the candidates with most Test appearances will become the next chief selector. However, Madan Lal has made it clear that CAC is yet to hear anything regarding that from Ganguly or anyone else from BCCI.

“I did have a word with them after the appointment, but I am yet to receive any terms of reference with the appointment of the national selectors,” Madan Lal was quoted as saying by IANS.

MSK Prasad
MSK Prasad (Credits: Twitter)

The CAC is expected to pick the two selectors in time for the selection of the squad for the ODI series against South Africa that gets underway on March 12. A number of media reports have suggested that Agarkar is the front runner to replace MSK Prasad as the new chief selector.

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When asked about it, Madan Lal said that clarity on the matter will only be reached after they get the terms of reference.

“I cannot say for now if Agarkar can be picked since Jatin Paranjpe is already there representing the West Zone. I can only speak on that once I get the guidelines on the process of selection,” said Madan Lal.

While the zonal system doesn’t apply anymore, Agarkar coming in would mean that the Central Zone would go unrepresented because Khoda was representing the zone and the selectors who will continue are from North (Gagandeep Singh), West (Paranjpe) and East (Devang Gandhi). The South Zone was being represented by Prasad and he will be replaced in all probability by Laxman Sivaramakrishnan.