Raju Kulkarni, the previous India pacer, has been appointed because the chairman of Mumbai’s males’s senior choice committee for the forthcoming home season.
Kulkarni will thus substitute Sunil More, who served because the interim chairman after Salil Ankola was appointed nationwide selector halfway by means of the final season.
The Mumbai Cricket Association introduced choice panels on Wednesday after the Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) headed by Lalchand Rajput performed interviews of shortlisted candidates final week.
Kulkarni will thus return as a Mumbai selector after virtually 20 years, having been part of Dilip Vengsarkar’s choice committee for 4 years beginning 2002-03.
“It will be different and it’s an exciting challenge. Once all the appointments are made, I am looking forward to contributing in a bid to take Mumbai cricket forward,” Kulkarni instructed Sportstar on Wednesday.
Sanjay Patil and Ravi Thakkar, the left-arm spin duo, have returned to the choice committee after a break, whereas Kiran Powar has been appointed a senior selector for the primary time. Jeetendra Thackeray is the one survivor from the final season’s panel.
The MCA is predicted to announce Amol Muzumdar’s successor as the top coach. Seven candidates, together with former coaches Sameer Dighe and Vinayak Samant, have utilized for the publish.
The choice committees
Men
Senior and Under-23: Raju Kulkarni (Chairman), Sanjay Patil, Ravi Thakkar, Jeetendra Thackeray, Kiran Powar.
Under-19: Mandar Phadke, Bhavin Thakkar, Jayprakash Jadhav, Vikrant Yeligatti, Piyush Soneji.
Under-16: Deepak Jadhav (Chairman), Umesh Gotkhindikar, Prashant Sawant, Girish Patki, Amol Bhalekar.
Under-14: Ravi Kulkarni (Chairman), Bravish Shetty, Rohan Raje, Onkar Khanvilkar, Azim Khan.
Women
Senior: Laya Francis (Chairperson), Seema Pujare, Shraddha Chavan, Kalpana Cardoso, Sheetal Sakru.
Under-19: Sunita Singh (Chairperson), Sangeeta Kamat, Nirmala Sahi, Kalpana Murkar, Aparna Chavan.
Under-15: Manish More (Chairman), Ashish Mahadeshwar, Swati Patil, Nancy Daruwala, Nilima Patil.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com