- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian cricket on Friday (18) witnessed a major fallout following the team’s humiliating loss in the recently concluded T20 World Cup in Australia where they were hammered by champions England by 10 wickets in the semi-final.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sacked the country’s entire selection committee led by former India pacer Chetan Sharma, reported Press Trust of India.
Other than Sharma (North Zone), the other four members of the committee included former India players such as Harvinder Singh (Central Zone), Debasish Mohanty (East Zone), and Sunil Joshi (South Zone).
A major change in the selection committee was likely in December after India failed to impress in two T20 World Cups in 2021 and 2022 and the Asia Cup this year.
The move also meant that the Sharma-led committee has had the shortest stint as senior national selectors in recent times. Some of the members were appointed in 2020 while some in 2021. A senior national selector generally gets a four-year term which is subject to extension. There was no selector from West Zone after former seamer Abey Kuruvilla’s term concluded.
Recently, the BCCI also saw a change of guard as former India captain Sourav Ganguly was replaced with former all-rounder Roger Binny as the president.
The BCCI has also invited applications for the post of the five selectors and laid down the criteria for the selection.
“Candidates who wish to apply for the said position need to fulfil the following criteria for their applications to be considered. ”Should have played a minimum of a) 7 Test matches; OR b) 30 First Class matches; OR c) 10 ODI and 20 First Class matches. Should have retired from the game at least 5 years ago. No person who has been a member of any Cricket Committee (as defined in the rules and regulations of BCCI) for a total of 5 years shall be eligible to be a member of Men’s Selection Committee,” the board said in a press release.
