Sunil Joshi, Harvinder Singh to replace MSK Prasad, Gagan Khoda in BCCI selection panel
BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) has recommended former India cricketers Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh to replace MSK Prasad and Gagan Khoda in the senior selection committee.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that the 3-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) recommended the names of Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh for roles in All-India Senior Selection Committee.
As India Today reported, the CAC, comprising Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik, has recommended Sunil Joshi, former India spinner, for the role of Chairman of the senior men’s selection committee.
Sunil Joshi will replace MSK Prasad as the chairman of the selection committee. The other 3 members of the senior selection committee — Devang Gandhi, Sarandeep Singh and Jatin Paranjape — will continue and finish their terms by the end of 2020.
Harvinder Singh played 3 Tests and 16 ODIs from 1998 to 2001. Sunil Joshi, meanwhile, played 15 Tests and 69 ODIs between 1996 and 2001.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had earlier announced that the new selection committee will only pick India’s ODI squad for the upcoming series against South Africa which will be played from March 12.
The 3-member CAC interviewed 5 shortlisted candidates in Mumbai on Wednesday. Rajesh Chouhan, Harvinder Singh, Venkatesh Prasad, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Sunil Joshi were interviewed to fill the vacancies created by outgoing chief selector MSK Prasad and fellow panel member Gagan Khoda.
“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Mr Madan Lal, Mr Rudra Pratap Singh and Ms Sulakshana Naik on Wednesday met at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai to select the members of the All-India Senior Selection Committee (Men),” the BCCI release said.
“The CAC will review the candidates after a one-year period and make the recommendations to the BCCI
“The two new members will join Mr Devang Gandhi, Mr Sarandeep Singh and Mr Jatin Paranjape, who will finish their term later this year, in the selection committee.”
