the former India According to a report in The Times of India, fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad is the frontrunner to become India’s next selector. The former fast bowler has an impressive resume having represented India in 33 Tests and 161 ODIs from 1996 to 2001, taking a total of 292 international wickets. Besides this, he was also the bowling coach of the Indian team during their victorious run in the inaugural World T20 in 2007 and then held the same position with Chennai Super Kings from 2008-09. Later, he became the bowling coach of the Punjab Kings, and was also the head coach of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
Apart from playing experience, he was also the Under-19 selector between 2016 and 2018, in which India played in one Under-19 World Final (2016 in Bangladesh) and won another (2018 in New Zealand).
“D Vasu and Kanwaljit Singh are the other applicants from the South Zone, but Kanwaljit is 64, while the eligibility criteria to be a selector is 60. From West Zone, Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola is the frontrunner, with Nayan Mongia and Sameer Dighe also in the running. From East Zone, Subroto Banerjee and SS Das are strong contenders, while from North Zone, Nikhil Chopra could be the dark horse,” the report further stated.
Chetan Sharma applied again
Former BCCI president of selectors Chetan Sharma has reapplied for the post in the All India Selection Committee. Apart from Chetan, Harvinder Singh, who was in the selection panel from Central Zone, had also applied for the post again. It is an open secret that Chetan and his panel’s performance and consistency in selection has been below par in recent times as the BCCI decided not to extend their tenure for more years.
Chetan (North Zone), Harvinder (Central Zone), Sunil Joshi (South Zone) and Debashish Mohanty (East Zone) have had the shortest tenures as senior national selectors in recent times. Some of them were appointed in 2020 and some in 2021. A senior national selector usually gets a tenure of four years, subject to extension.
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