MUMBAI: Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad has utilized for the publish of nationwide selector and is a frontrunner, TOI has learnt. The deadline to use for the publish expired on Monday. Having been a junior India chief selector from 2016-18 – a interval through which India performed in a single Under-19 World remaining (2016 in Bangladesh) and received one other (2018 in New Zealand), Prasad is now a powerful contender for the publish of even the chief selector.
What enhances his CV for the choice committee chairman’s publish is the truth that he has a wealthy taking part in expertise – 33 Tests and 161 ODIs from 1996 to 2001, through which he took a complete of 292 worldwide wickets. He was additionally the bowling coach of the India staff throughout their triumphant run within the inaugural World T20 in 2007, after which took the identical publish with the Chennai Super Kings from 2008-09 – a interval which noticed CSK attain the ultimate in 2008 and win the IPL and CLT20 titles subsequent yr. Later, he grew to become the bowling coach of Punjab Kings, and was additionally the pinnacle coach of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
D Vasu and Kanwaljit Singh are the opposite candidates from South Zone, however Kanwaljit is 64, whereas the eligibility standards to be a selector is 60.
From the West Zone, Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola is a frontrunner, with Nayan Mongia and Sameer Dighe additionally being within the race. From the East Zone, Subroto Banerjee and SS Das are robust contenders, whereas from the North Zone, Nikhil Chopra could possibly be a darkish horse. Former Maninder Singh, Atul Wassan, Ajay Ratra and Gursharan Singh are the opposite candidates from the North Zone. From the Central Zone, the 2 robust candidates are ex-Madhya Pradesh batsman Amay Khurasia and ex-junior nationwide selector Gyanendra Pandey.
RP Singh quits CIC
Meanwhile, former India left-arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh has stop the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, which can be tasked with appointing the brand new choice committee. RP Singh is now a expertise scout with the Mumbai Indians.
A supply instructed this paper that the BCCI lately approached former India pacer Ajit Agarkar for a publish within the CAC. “The BCCI has approached Agarkar to be a member of the CAC. He hasn’t applied for the selectors’ job this time,” the supply revealed. Agarkar did not reply to calls from this newspaper.
The CAC which picked Chetan Sharma’s choice committee was headed by India’s 1983 World Cup hero Madan Lal, who’s ineligible to proceed having crossed the 70-year age restrict. Sulakshna Naik is the third member of the committee.
What enhances his CV for the choice committee chairman’s publish is the truth that he has a wealthy taking part in expertise – 33 Tests and 161 ODIs from 1996 to 2001, through which he took a complete of 292 worldwide wickets. He was additionally the bowling coach of the India staff throughout their triumphant run within the inaugural World T20 in 2007, after which took the identical publish with the Chennai Super Kings from 2008-09 – a interval which noticed CSK attain the ultimate in 2008 and win the IPL and CLT20 titles subsequent yr. Later, he grew to become the bowling coach of Punjab Kings, and was additionally the pinnacle coach of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
D Vasu and Kanwaljit Singh are the opposite candidates from South Zone, however Kanwaljit is 64, whereas the eligibility standards to be a selector is 60.
From the West Zone, Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola is a frontrunner, with Nayan Mongia and Sameer Dighe additionally being within the race. From the East Zone, Subroto Banerjee and SS Das are robust contenders, whereas from the North Zone, Nikhil Chopra could possibly be a darkish horse. Former Maninder Singh, Atul Wassan, Ajay Ratra and Gursharan Singh are the opposite candidates from the North Zone. From the Central Zone, the 2 robust candidates are ex-Madhya Pradesh batsman Amay Khurasia and ex-junior nationwide selector Gyanendra Pandey.
RP Singh quits CIC
Meanwhile, former India left-arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh has stop the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, which can be tasked with appointing the brand new choice committee. RP Singh is now a expertise scout with the Mumbai Indians.
A supply instructed this paper that the BCCI lately approached former India pacer Ajit Agarkar for a publish within the CAC. “The BCCI has approached Agarkar to be a member of the CAC. He hasn’t applied for the selectors’ job this time,” the supply revealed. Agarkar did not reply to calls from this newspaper.
The CAC which picked Chetan Sharma’s choice committee was headed by India’s 1983 World Cup hero Madan Lal, who’s ineligible to proceed having crossed the 70-year age restrict. Sulakshna Naik is the third member of the committee.