'Why was he was given only a one-year contract?' 'Nobody has ever asked that question and obviously nobody has answered that question.'
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav may get promotion in the annual central contracts list for the 2022-23 season.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly said the two replacements in the selection panel will be picked by the end of this month.
The Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Kapil Dev, Shantha Rangaswamy and Anshuman Gaekwad, who picked the current India coach have been to respond by October 10.
Jaffer, who has played 31 Tests and 2 ODIs, is also the batting coach of Kings XI Punjab, which plays in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.
Powar had replaced WV Raman, who had guided the team into the T20 World Cup final in 2020.
Dravid is allegedly conflicted as he is the NCA Director and also employed as vice-president of India Cements group, which owns IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.
The selection committee, headed by MSK Prasad, is nowhere close to completing its tenure as per the new BCCI constitution, but new Board president Sourav Ganguly will decide whether the panel will complete the mandated five years in office.
It is understood that Indian cricket is finally ready to move beyond Karthik. In 2019, World Cup ended his 50-over career and 2022 might just witness his international T20 swansong.
The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association sacked its senior selection committee, comprising former National selector Gagan Khoda, Mayank Sidhana and Anil Bhardwaj, on Thursday after the state team was decimated by Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy group league game.
Sachin Tendulkar has categorically refuted all allegations of Conflict of Interest levelled against him, claiming to have neither "received any compensation" nor of held any decision-making role in IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.
India's teen batting sensation Shafali Verma is set to play for Birmingham Phoenix in the inaugural edition of The Hundred and might also turn up for a Sydney franchise in the Women's Big bash League later in the year.
The selection of Ravi Shastri's coaching team will take place on Monday and the interviews for the batting, bowling and fielding coaches will be conducted by the national selection committee headed by MSK Prasad.
The Sourav Ganguly-led Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to ask the legendary spinner to apply for the post of Head coach of the Indian team, along with VVS Laxman, once Ravi Shastri finishes his term after the T20 World Cup.
The former India captain and Team Director said there are personal commitments and he has been there for six years.
Former Supreme Court judge D K Jain will continue as BCCI's ethics officer and ombudsman after getting a one-year extension. Jain was appointed by the Supreme Court in February 2019 as BCCI's first ever ombudsman. He was later given the additional role of ethics officer.
India are likely to rest most of their senior players during the T20I series against New Zealand at home, which starts less than a week after the final of the T20 World Cup next month.
The former Australia wicketkeeper joins former England coach Trevor Bayliss, who was appointed Sunrisers head coach last month.
The Committee of Administrators is likely to recommend the same "full disclosure" in Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman's alleged conflict of interest case to BCCI Ombudsman D K Jain, just like they had done in former skipper Sourav Ganguly's case.
Zaheer Khan's appointment as bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team is also tour specific, just like batting consultant Rahul Dravid.
Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin threw his weight behind WV Raman, saying there are very few sharper brains around in cricket than the recently-removed women's national team coach.
Azad, who is now politically affiliated to the Congress party, was earlier with the BJP. He has had his share of differences with the late Arun Jaitley when he was the DDCA president.
The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud on Thursday reverted to the old five-member selection committee for both senior, junior and women teams.
CoA chief Vinod Rai has made it clear that the CAC comprising Kapil were 'not conflicted'
The three new selectors will be part of the panel led by Sunil Joshi.
A livid Kapil Dev said he will not go to Mumbai and called the conflict of interest allegations against him and the CAC 'a publicity stunt'. In the complaint filed by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) life member Sanjeev Gupta, it has been claimed that Kapil and Anshuman Gaekwad don multiple cricketing roles.
Celebrated former captain Rahul Dravid is all but certain to to be the Indian cricket team's next head coach after he formally applied for the high-profile position on Tuesday.
The high-profile cricket advisory committee will submit its final report on the appointment of the new coach at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's working committee meeting in Dharamsala on Friday.
The Kapil Dev-led ad-hoc committee on Wednesday emerged as the frontrunner to pick the next India cricket coach but a final decision on panel formation would be taken only after the next Supreme Court hearing.
A couple of days after convincing former India captain Rahul Dravid to take up the responsibility, the BCCI on Sunday issued advertisement for the post of head coach and three support staff as per Lodha Committee mandated constitution.
'Let BCCI come up with a formal (written) offer and I will definitely consider it'
Board of Control for Cricket in India CK Khanna hailed the decision to appoint Sourav Ganguly as the president of the cricket governing body.
Several top cricketers are expected to attend the meeting in the presence of at least one Committee of Administrators (CoA) member. They are expected to deliberate on the issue at length.
The six, including current head coach Ravi Shastri, will give a presentation to the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by the legendary Kapil Dev.
Raman's crisp letter to the two former captains is sure to ruffle a few feathers
BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member Madan Lal said two new selectors will be in office by the time the national team's tour of New Zealand winds up early next month. Former India cricketers Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulkashana Naik are the other two members of the CAC, which has been tasked to find replacements for outgoing chairman of selectors MSK Prasad and his fellow panel member Gagan Khoda.
The Kapil Dev-led panel has got the green light from the BCCI's legal team to appoint the next coach of the men's side by mid-August.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed that a call on India's new chief coach will be taken in September.
"They (CAC) have applied themselves to the cause at hand with dedication and commitment. This is exactly what we had expected from a committee of such distinguished cricketers. On behalf of all interested in 'Cricket India', BCCI and the COA, I thank them for the service so willingly rendered by them. We accept their recommendation in totality."
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances