Chetan Sharma To Proceed As Chairman Of BCCI Selection Committee, New Panel Named

Former India cricketer Chetan Sharma, who was the top of the BCCI choice committee for the boys’s cricket crew from December 2020 until late final 12 months, will proceed because the chief selector, in line with a BCCI assertion on Saturday. Other selectors in panel are Sridharan Sharath from South Zone, Shiv Sundar Das from Central Zone, Subroto Banerjee from East and Salil Ankola from West Zone.

“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Ashok Malhotra, and Mr Jatin Paranjape undertook an extensive process for selecting members of the All-India Senior Selection Committee. The Board received around 600 applications following its advertisement for the five posts issued on its official website on 18th November 2022,” the BCCI assertion mentioned.

“Upon due deliberation and careful consideration, the CAC shortlisted 11 individuals for personal interviews. Based on the interviews, the Committee has recommended the following candidates for the Senior Men’s National Selection Committee. 1) Chetan Sharma 2) Shiv Sundar Das 3) Subroto Banerjee 4) Salil Ankola 5) Sridharan Sharath

“The committee additional advisable Mr Chetan Sharma for the function of Chairman of the senior males’s choice committee.”

Earlier, in November, 2022, the BCCI listed certain criterion for the interested candidates like they “ought to have performed a minimal of seven Test matches or 30 First Class matches or 10 ODI and 20 First Class matches.” Also,  the candidates, “ought to have retired from the sport at the least 5 years in the past.” The last date of applying for the posts was November 28.

In addition to these points, the BCCI said in a press release, that “no one that has been a member of any Cricket Committee (as outlined within the guidelines and rules of BCCI) for a complete of 5 years shall be eligible to be a member of Men’s Selection Committee.”

In the same press release, the BCCI had listed eight “most important job duties/obligations” for the selectors. Here are they:

1. Select the best possible team in a fair and transparent manner.
2. Plan and prepare a strong bench strength for the Senior Men’s National team.
3. Attend Team meetings as and when required.
4. Travel to watch Domestic and International matches.
5. Prepare and provide evaluation reports of the respective team performances to the Apex Council of BCCI on a quarterly basis.
6. Address the media on team selection as and when instructed by BCCI.
7. Appoint Captain for the team in each format.
8. Adhere to the rules and regulation of BCCI.

The job domain has two key points which had never been in any earlier selection committee advertisements — prepare and provide evaluation report of respective team performance to the Apex Council of BCCI on quarterly basis, and appoint captain for the team in each format.