NEW DELHI: National Selection Committee President Chetan Sharmafate hangs in the balance as BCCI may soon reorganize the senior panel after the T20 World Cup in Australia.
It’s an open secret that the performance and consistency of Chetan’s selection and his panel have been below average lately and unless India performs very well, it could be a curtain for the first Indian man to score a World Cup hat-trick at 50.
“A lot will depend on how India performs in the T20 World Cup. There are not too many people who are very happy with Chetan at the moment. But he will stay until the BCCI selects the new Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC),” a senior BCCI official said.
While it will be an anxious wait for Chetan, East Zone’s Denigrate Mohanty in a few months time will have to give way to someone else since he will complete a cumulative four years as a junior and senior selection board.
“The rule that applied with Kuruvilla Abbey will also apply to Debu Mohanty. Debu was inducted by the COA in a junior panel in early 2019 and he served two years until 2021 before being promoted to the senior panel after Devang Gandhi completed his term,” a senior official from the BCCI to PTI on condition of anonymity.
In a few months, Mohanty will complete his four years, so he will have to move on. The question is whether he will be relieved of his duties before the end of four years or after.
However, in the East, there are not too many eligible Test cricketers, who could be given the job. The two names that fit the bill are former flyhalf Shiv Sunder Das from Odisha and Deep Dasgupta from Bengal.
There are reports that Ranadeb Bose, a junior national coach, may be in the fray, but he hasn’t played an official match for India. There are former ODI players Laxmi Ratan Shukla from Bengal and Sanjay Raul from Odisha, who are eligible. Banerjee sub-rotocoach of current Indian pacer Umesh Yadav could also be a candidate.
Likewise, after Kuruvilla entered BCCI operational work since he had completed four years (including three years in the junior panel), the West Zone selection seat remained vacant and will have to be filled.
Last time around, Ajit Agarkar had the best and most decorated resume among all the candidates but the objections of his own Mumbai Cricket Association state unit became an obstacle.
The only person who, despite the non-performance, could survive is Karnataka man and Southern Zone candidate Sunil Joshi.
It’s an open secret that the performance and consistency of Chetan’s selection and his panel have been below average lately and unless India performs very well, it could be a curtain for the first Indian man to score a World Cup hat-trick at 50.
“A lot will depend on how India performs in the T20 World Cup. There are not too many people who are very happy with Chetan at the moment. But he will stay until the BCCI selects the new Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC),” a senior BCCI official said.
While it will be an anxious wait for Chetan, East Zone’s Denigrate Mohanty in a few months time will have to give way to someone else since he will complete a cumulative four years as a junior and senior selection board.
“The rule that applied with Kuruvilla Abbey will also apply to Debu Mohanty. Debu was inducted by the COA in a junior panel in early 2019 and he served two years until 2021 before being promoted to the senior panel after Devang Gandhi completed his term,” a senior official from the BCCI to PTI on condition of anonymity.
In a few months, Mohanty will complete his four years, so he will have to move on. The question is whether he will be relieved of his duties before the end of four years or after.
However, in the East, there are not too many eligible Test cricketers, who could be given the job. The two names that fit the bill are former flyhalf Shiv Sunder Das from Odisha and Deep Dasgupta from Bengal.
There are reports that Ranadeb Bose, a junior national coach, may be in the fray, but he hasn’t played an official match for India. There are former ODI players Laxmi Ratan Shukla from Bengal and Sanjay Raul from Odisha, who are eligible. Banerjee sub-rotocoach of current Indian pacer Umesh Yadav could also be a candidate.
Likewise, after Kuruvilla entered BCCI operational work since he had completed four years (including three years in the junior panel), the West Zone selection seat remained vacant and will have to be filled.
Last time around, Ajit Agarkar had the best and most decorated resume among all the candidates but the objections of his own Mumbai Cricket Association state unit became an obstacle.
The only person who, despite the non-performance, could survive is Karnataka man and Southern Zone candidate Sunil Joshi.
