Salil Ankola, Subroto Banerjee emerge as front runners for national selectors’ role
The HinduThe deadline for submitting applications for all the five members of the national selection committee expired on Monday evening. Among the prominent names who have applied for the posts are former Test cricketers Maninder Singh, Nayan Mongia, Shiv Sundar Das, Rajesh Chauhan and Sameer Dighe. Contrary to various reports, former India wicketkeepers Deep Dasgupta and Vijay Dahiya, all-rounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla and leggie L.Sivaramakrishnan have not applied for the role. Sportstar understands that former India pacers Salil Ankola and Subroto Banerjee - both of whom have applied - are likely to be seriously considered for the role. Other applicants include Atul Wassan, Ajay Ratra, Nikhil Chopra, Gyanendra Pandey, Pravanjan Mullick, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Sanjay Raul, Saradindu Mukherjee, Subhomoy Das, D Vasu and Gursharan Singh.