set to form a new Cricket Advisory Committee,will pick the three national selectors ahead of the series against England

By: Shree1news, 22 DEC 2020

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) meets for its Annual General Meeting in Ahmedabad on Thursday, it is set to type a new Cricket Advisory Committee, which is able to pick the three national selectors ahead of the series against England.

A three-member committee headed by Madan Lal – R. P. Singh and Sulakshana Naik had been the other members – had appointed Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh as national selectors earlier this year, and Sportstar understands {that a} new committee will be formed to take over and conduct the interviews.

A couple of Board officials, who’re conscious of the development, stated that the interview process could start in the first or second week of January, much in time before the series in opposition to England, scheduled to be played in February and March.

Some top names – including Ajit Agarkar, Abey Kuruvilla, Maninder Singh and Chetan Sharma – have applied for the three vacant positions. Whereas Sharma and Kuruvilla are prominent names, Agarkar is the biggest among them, having performed more than 200 internationals across formats for India.

Even though the BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly had earlier stated that the zonal system won’t be followed whereas selecting the selection committee, the Madan Lal committee had replaced M. S. K. Prasad (south zone) with Joshi, whereas Gagan Khoda (central zone) was replaced by Harvinder. So, it is expected that the zonal policy will be followed this time around, too.