BCCI to pick new selection panel: Names of Agarkar, Sivaramakrishnan doing rounds in candidates list

Since
that
rather
abrupt
move,
several
names
have
been
speculated
as
applying
for
the
post
of
selectors
for
which
the
deadline
is
set
at
6
PM
IST,
November
28.

Ajit
Agarkar,
the
former
India
pacer
and
an
expert
commentator
is
in
his
latest
avatar,
could
apply
for
a
post
from
the
West
Zone.
It
has
been
rumoured
that
even
the
BCCI
is
keen
to
have
him
on
board
as
Agarkar
has
played
all
three
formats
of
the
game,
IPL
and
has
been
in
touch
with
the
new
course
of
the
sport.

Other
contender
from
the
West
could
be
Salil
Ankola,
who
is
viewed
as
a
close
confidant
of
BCCI
treasurer
Ashish
Shelar,
a
Mumbai
cricket
heavy
weight.

Currently,
there
is
no
selector
from
the
West
Zone
after
the
tenure
of
Abey
Kuruvilla
came
to
an
end
last
year.
From
South
Zone,
the
name
of
former
India
spinner
Laxman
Sivaramakrishnan
has
been
cropped
up
as
he
is
close
for
Tamil
Nadu
strongman
N
Srinivasan,
as
the
latter
wanted
him
in
the
panel
even
the
last
time
around.

However,
the
preference
of
current
BCCI
President
Roger
Binny
too
could
be
sought
while
picking
up
a
selector
from
South.
Sunil
Joshi
was
the
current
selector
from
South
and
he
has
two
years
left
in
his
tenure.

Technically,
Joshi
can
reapply
for
the
post.
From
the
East
Zone,
the
name
of
former
India
opener
Shib
Sundar
Dar
is
doing
rounds
as
he
was
in
the
shortlist
last
time
but
there
are
some
other
candidates
too.
Debasish
Mohanty
is
representing
East
in
the
present
selection
panel.

That
leaves
us
with
candidates
from
Central
and
North
Zone,
where
the
preference
of
BCCI
vice-president
Rajeev
Shukla
will
have
a
say.
But
it
will
be
interesting
to
see
whether
some
of
the
big
names
throw
in
their
hat
to
the
ring
from
those
two
zones.

But
it
may
be
recalled
that
the
selector
aspirants
will
be
screened,
shortlisted
and
picked
by
the
Cricket
Advisory
Committee.