The Ashok Malhotra-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) is about to conduct the interviews for the nationwide choice committee within the first week of January.
Though it was earlier determined that the committee would maintain digital interviews on January 2, sources have indicated that it is likely to be pushed again by a number of days as soon as the candidates are shortlisted.
After being appointed earlier this month, the CAC met with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office-bearers on Friday and it was determined that the interviews might be held as soon as the shortlisting is finished.
The BCCI had invited functions for the choice committee in November and has acquired a number of functions. It is believed that the shortlisted candidates might be introduced in a day or two.
“It would require some time to sort out the applications and only after that we plan to invite the CAC to conduct the interviews,” a Board insider stated.
Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik – have been requested to be current on the BCCI headquarters for a proper introduction with the office-bearers and talk about in regards to the highway forward for the choice course of.
Several prime candidates – Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sundar Das – have utilized for the job, whereas Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have additionally re-applied.