The former Team India's selection committee's chairman Chetan Sharma, who was sacked after Men in Blue's T20 World Cup 2022's ouster, has re-applied for the top selector post as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accelerates the process.
A source privy to the development confirmed to Sports Tak that Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have applied for the position in committee as they have time left as per the rules.
Sources further added that top officials are in touch with some former cricketers for CAC but as of now there's no decision has been made on it. The sorting of the candidates will begin soon as soon as the CAC will be announced.
After India's T20 World Cup elimination, where India’s journey ended in the semi-finals, the BCCI had decided not to extend the tenures of their selection committee. Fresh applications were invited and the BCCI is going to have a new panel in the coming weeks.
More than 60 applicants have applied for the post, including Sharma and Singh. The other two members of the erstwhile panel, Sunil Joshi and Debashish Mohanty haven’t re-applied. The BCCI hasn’t received applications from any ‘big’ names barring a few former cricketers who wish to become members of the five-member selection committee.
Interestingly, current junior selection committee chairman S Sharath too has applied for the post. The other prominent names include Venkatesh Prasad, Dodda Ganesh, Maninder Singh, Nikhil Chopra, Atul Wassan, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Nayan Mongia, SS Das, Salil Ankola, Sameer Dighe, Ajay Ratra, Gyanendra Pandey, Jacob Martin, Subroto Banerjee and Iqbal Siddiqui.
The BCCI is yet to announce its new Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which has been left with one member Sulakshana Naik. Former India pacer Rudra Pratap Singh, who was part of the CAC, has joined Mumbai Indians as talent scout.
The new selection panel will have to 'appoint captaincy for the team in each format'.
