Mumbai: Chetan Sharma has been retained as the head of selection committee of the Indian cricket team. The BCCI announced the selection committee for the Indian senior team on Saturday. After the T20 World Cup semi-final exit, Chetan Sharma’s captaincy was disbanded and now 2 months later, Chetan Sharma has been picked again.
The BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) members Sulakshana Naik, former India all-rounder Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjpe selected the squad.
Now the rookie selection committee headed by Chetan Sharma has been announced. S. Sharath, who was the chairman of the South Zone Junior Team Selection Committee, has been promoted as a selection committee member. Former Indian fast bowler Subrado Banerjee (played in 1992 World Cup), former fast bowler Salil Angola and former Test opener Shiv Sundar Das are members.
Not many people know that Subrato Banerjee is the current coach of fast bowler Umesh Yadav. S. Sharath is a former Tamil Nadu player and the current Junior Selection Committee Chairman, the team selected by India to win the U-19 World Cup in 2022.
India did not win the trophy in the 2021, 2022 World Cup T20 series during Chief Selector Chetan Sharma’s tenure. Chetan Sarmathan was the head of the team selectors during the World Test Championship final loss to New Zealand.
This new selection committee has a lot of responsibilities. There is 2023 World Cup and the onus is on them to build the team and they have a huge responsibility to select a good team in consultation with captain Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya and coach Rahul Dravid.
