Chetan Sharma has been formally reappointed because the chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) males’s senior choice commmittee. He will likely be joined by 4 new colleagues, after the BCCI introduced a reconstituted choice panel.
While Sharma (North Zone) is the one survivor from the earlier panel, his new colleagues embody Shiv Sundar Das (Central Zone), Subroto Banerjee (East Zone), Salil Ankola (West Zone) and S. Sharath (South Zone).
According to a press release issued by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), headed by former India cricketer Ashok Malhotra, “upon due deliberation and careful consideration”, shortlisted 11 people for private interviews from the 600 candidates who had utilized for the function.
Sharma, being the “seniormost Test cap” as prescribed in BCCI’s rulebook, has continued to be the chief selector for the third 12 months in succession.
Sportstar understands that with a watch on sustaining a component of continuity, the CAC most popular to retain Sharma on the helm. Following the CAC’s submission of its suggestions after conducting the interviews on January 2, all of the 5 males have been referred to as for a gathering with Shah on Saturday on the BCCI headquarters right here.
Sharma, the pacer with 23 Test and 65 ODI caps, has been the chief selector since he was inducted into the panel in December 2020. With him on the helm, India has had disappointing campaigns in consecutive T20 World Cups in 2021 and 2022.
Das, the previous India opener who featured in 23 Tests and 4 ODIs, has been an attention-grabbing selection from the Central Zone. Despite enjoying a majority of his 20 seasons in home cricket from his house crew Orissa in East Zone, Das was thought-about from the Central Zone, having represented Vidarbha in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Since retiring from cricket, he has coached Odisha, India A and India Women. He was the Punjab batting coach earlier than his appointment as selector.
Ankola (one Test and 20 ODIs) and Banerjee (one Test and 6 ODIs), the previous speedsters who performed a solitary Test every, have been anticipated entrants into the choice panel. While Ankola has been Mumbai’s chief selector since 2020-21, Banerjee – apart from his numerous teaching assignments – has been Arjun Tendulkar’s bowling coach.
Sharath, the home stalwart from Tamil Nadu with 139 First-Class appearances, is the one uncapped member of the committee. The fashionable left-handed batter has been promoted from his function because the chief of the junior males’s choice committee. Having additionally served as match referee and Tamil Nadu chief selector, Sharath will likely be anticipated to play a key function within the reconstituted choice panel.