The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have hosted the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 28, where the cricket board made it mandatory for the U16 players to play at least one Ranji match before featuring in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Apart from this, BCCI also announced the appointment of Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh in the men's national team selection committee. Delhi's Amita Sharma has been appointed chairperson of the Women's selection committee, while Mumbai's Sulakshana Naik and Shravanti Naidu from Hyderabad join in too.
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Apart from that, Mithun Manhas has been unopposedly elected as BCCI president, along with the other office-bearers. Rajeev Shukla will be his deputy as Vice President, and Raghuram Bhat has been confirmed as Treasurer. Devajit Saikia, who surpassed Jay Shah as BCCI secretary, will continue in his role, and Prabhtej Bhatia joins him as joint secretary.
Jayesh George will be the Chairperson for the WPL committee, while Rohan Jaitley will assume the same role in the Infrastructure Committee.
Members of the current selection committee
The new men's selection committee has been announced, and it will comprise a total of five members. Here are the names of the members -
Ajit Agarkar (Chairperson);
Shiv Sundar Das;
Ajay Ratra;
R. P. Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Here are the names of the members of the junior selection committee -
S Sharath (Chairperson)
Harvinder Sodhi
Pathik Patel
Krishna Mohan; and
Ranadeb Bose
Here are the names of the members of WPL committee -
Jayesh George; (Chairperson)
Mithun Manhas;
Rajeev Shukla;
Devajit Saikia;
Prabhtej Bhatia;
A Raghuram Bhat;
Madhumati Lele;
Sanjay Tandon;
R. I. Palani; and
Arun Singh Dhumal
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