BCCI New Selection Committee: 80 plus apply but where is Cricket Advisory Committee to shortlist them? BCCI says ‘we will announce soon’: Follow LIVE

BCCI New Selection Committee – Where is CAC? The BCCI is on the hunt for a new men’s selection panel. 80 plus candidates have applied too. But now the BIG QUESTION – who actually will shortlist and select the NEW SELECTORS? As the norm is, it is a Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which shortlist the applications. The CAC along with the BCCI and than finalize the selectors. But SURPRISE – SURPRISE, CAC is not functional in BCCI at this stage: Follow Indian Cricket Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.

InsideSport reached out to BCCI to check what will be the procedure to select the selectors? We were informed that ‘CAC will shortlist the applications and call shortlisted candidates for interview’.

When probed where is CAC? BCCI official got stumped.

“Yes we understand Cricket Advisory Committee at this stage is not functional. We will get that going soon, We will announce new CAC soon’, said a top BCCI official.

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BCCI New Selection Committee: 80 Candidates apply for SELECTORS post but where is Cricket Advisory Committee? Stumped BCCI says ‘we will announce soon’: Follow LIVE Updates

Where is CAC?

In all likelihood, the BCCI will appoint a new selection committee, but one doesn’t understand how the board will achieve the result without a Cricket Advisory Committee.

For those of you who are not familiar with the CAC, this committee shortlists the candidates to be interviewed. Here comes the real surprise. The CAC is yet to be constituted.

The current chief of the CAC, Madan Lal, is no longer eligible to continue as he has crossed the 70-year age barrier. Another member, former Indian pacer Rudra Pratap Singh, has taken up a role with the Mumbai Indians. This means he will have to give up his CAC membership to avoid any conflict of interest.

Former Indian women’s cricketer Sulakshana Naik forms the third member of the CAC, appointed in January 2020, for a period of one year.

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Former Indian cricketer Madan Lal headed the last CAC, appointed by the BCCI in December 2020.

Roadmap to appoint NEW CAC? The BCCI is likely to announce the rejigged CAC before the end of weekend. The board also has plans to appoint the new selection committee by December 15.

Until or unless CAC gets appointed, the process to appoint NEW SELECTORS will not move forward.

Overwhelming Response for the post of SELECTORS: Meanwhile BCCI has got overwhelming response for the post of SELECTORS. The cricket board has recieved 80 plus applications for the post of 5 selectors.

The deadline to submit applications for the post of selectors ended on Monday. Among big names. Former India cricketers Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Shivsundar Das, Hemang Badani, Subroto Banerjee and Ajay Ratra submitted their applications.

Other applicants include Atul Wassan, Ajay Ratra, Nikhil Chopra, Gyanendra Pandey, Pravanjan Mullick, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Sanjay Raul, Saradindu Mukherjee, Subhomoy Das and D Vasu.

Other prominent names includes the likes of Rajesh Chauhan and Sameer Dighe.

November 28, 6PM was the deadline for eligible former players to apply for the positions.
The new committee should be in place by mid-December.
For now, Chetan Sharma, Sunil Joshi, Debashish Mohanty and Harvinder Singh are in place until new committee comes in.
The new selection committee’s first important job will be to pick the team for the Australia series.

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