Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) formally appointed former India cricketer Ajit Agarkar as India’s chairman of selectors on Tuesday (July 4). His title was roughly confirmed earlier than announcement solely after he left his assistant coach place within the Delhi Capitals final week. Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) interviewed him lately and really helpful his title for the place left vacant by Chetan Sharma just a few months in the past.
Interestingly, if the report in Cricbuzz is to be believed, BCCI has agreed to extend the payment for chairman’s place from Rs 1 crore to three crore every year. Accordingly, Agarkar will be receiving the stated salary from the BCCI. Meanwhile, it stays to be seen whether or not the salary Rs 90 lakh every year for different selectors will be elevated or not. Moreover, the choice committee assembly is ready to happen on Wednesday with 4 different selectors Shiv Sundar Das, Subroto Banerjee, Sridharan Sharath and Salil Ankola additionally anticipated to attend it.
Ajit Agarkar’s first project as the chief selector will be to select India’s squad for the upcoming five-match T20I sequence towards West Indies. He has been on the helm for Mumbai earlier than and has taken just a few robust selections. One of the most important selections he will must take relating to the senior gamers round their place in T20 cricket forward of the T20 World Cup subsequent yr.
As far as Ajit Agarkar’s worldwide profession is anxious, he performed 26 Tests, 191 ODIs and 4 T20Is for India. He picked up 58 wickets in Tests, 288 in ODIs and three wickets within the shortest format of the sport. Agarkar picked up 10 four-wicket hauls and a pair of five-wicket hauls in ODI format and likewise owns the file of smashing the quickest fifty off simply 21 balls for Inda within the format.
