The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former Indian International Ajit Agarkar because the chairman of selectors of India’s senior cricket group. The appointment comes after the Cricket Advisory Committee unanimously really useful Agarkar for the highest submit within the choice panel.
“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Ashok Malhotra, and Mr Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men’s Selection Committee. The three-member CAC has unanimously recommended Mr Ajit Agarkar for the said position,” BCCI additional wrote in an announcement on social media.
Agarkar was the frontrunner for the submit. Notably, the previous International was beforehand the chief selector of the senior Mumbai group and likewise took the teaching duties for IPL aspect Delhi Capitals. He now takes the highest submit within the Indian males’s choice committee after it fell vacant following Chetan Sharma’s resignation in February. The choice panel now contains Ajit Agarkar (Chairperson), Shiv Sundar Das, Subroto Banerjee, Salil Ankola, Sridharan Sharath.
“Following his playing career, he was appointed as the Chief Selector for the senior Mumbai Team and undertook coaching responsibilities with the Delhi Capitals. The committee further recommended Mr Agarkar for the role of Chairperson of the Men’s Selection Committee based on seniority (total number of Test matches),” BCCI additional wrote.
During his enjoying days, Agarkar has represented India in 191 ODIs, 26 Tests and 4 T20Is. Agarkar was in India’s squad for the 2007 T20 World Cup victory and he additionally has a pair of jaw-dropping data to his identify. The quick bowler has the report for the quickest hundred hit by an Indian batter in ODIs. He additionally registered the report for quickest to 50 wickets in ODIs, which he took in simply 23 matches.
Meanwhile, Agarkar and his group might be outfitted with the duty of deciding on India’s T20 group for the upcoming sequence towards West Indies. The Test and ODI groups had been earlier out however the squad for the five-match sequence is but to be introduced by the choice panel.
