Chetan Sharma appointed chairman of selectors for senior men's cricket team; Abbey Kuruvilla, Debasis Mohanty in panel
FirstpostAs per the BCCI constitution, the candidate with the most Test caps becomes the chief selector. Ahmedabad: Former India pacer Chetan Sharma was on Thursday appointed chairman of the senior national selection panel by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, which also picked Mumbai’s Abey Kuruvilla and Odisha’s Debasis Mohanty in the five-member team. The new panel was formed on the sidelines of the Board’s 89th Annual General Meeting here, with Sharma pipping Maninder Singh and Vijay Dahiya from the north zone. Former medium pacer Kuruvilla, who was backed by Mumbai Cricket Association bigwigs, was preferred over a more decorated Ajit Agarkar from the west zone. “The committee further recommended Chetan Sharma for the role of chairman of the senior men’s selection committee based on seniority,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a press release.