BCCI invites applications for the Senior Men’s National Selection Committee position. With the deadline for applications set for January 25, all eyes are on possible candidates as the BCCI looks to strengthen its selection committee.
In a recent move, the BCCI has formally invites the call for applications for a vital position on the senior men’s national selection committee. While the notification on the board’s website does not specifically state. Who will be replace from the present five-member committee led by Ajit Agarkar, speculation points to Salil Ankola’s likely departure. This is consistent with the BCCI’s desire to avoid having two selectors from the West Zone.
The notice’s eligibility conditions require applicants to have a cricket background. Having played at least seven Test matches, 30 first-class games, or 10 ODIs and 20 first-class fixtures. Furthermore, candidates must have retired at least five years ago. The exception that no individual who serve on any cricket committee for a total of five years would be eligible.
Notably, the notice makes no mention of any age limitations. The current committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, took over last year following a series of changes prompt by a sting operation that result in the resignation of the previous chairman, Chetan Sharma.
With the deadline for applications set for January 25. All eyes are on possible candidates as the BCCI looks to strengthen its selection committee. Members of the existing committee include Agarkar, Ankola, Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sunder Das, and S Sharath, however there is an odd dearth of representation from the north zone. Cricket fans eagerly anticipate the events that will unfold in the following days.
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Salil Ankola with less than required cricket exposure
Salil Ankola’s career in cricket did not quite resemble that of luminaries like Sachin Tendulkar. Ankola burst into the local scene for Mumbai in the 1988/89 season. Quickly found himself on a plane to Pakistan the following year, making his Test debut alongside Tendulkar in November 1989. Despite taking two wickets in that match, Ankola’s Test career ended prematurely.
His ODI debut mirrored the Test arena, with Ankola and Tendulkar gaining caps together in the second ODI against Pakistan. When Ankola impressed with two wickets in four overs. After being call up in 1993, he played 11 One-Day Internationals over the next year, including a position in the 1996 World Cup squad. Ankola’s World Cup debut versus Sri Lanka was a pivotal event for him. He retire at the age of 28 in 1998, and he was out of professional cricket for more than 20 years.
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