Not picking Bhuvneshwar for the WTC final and the five Tests against England starting August 4 is baffling, said Sarandeep
BCCI's national selection panel is set to shrink in the wake of Supreme Court's order to implement the Lodha Committee reforms and both Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe will have to leave as they don't conform to the set norms.
Riding on skipper Amol Muzumdar's 90, Mumbai scored 324 for nine against Himachal Pradesh on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match in Dharamsala on Monday.
Gaining a slender 11-run first innings lead over Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu were 19 for one at close on the second day.
The Delhi skipper struck an unbeaten half-century to help stop an embarrassing collapse in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A league match against Railways.
Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wants BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to change the current selection panel and bring in "strong people".
Delhi omitted Aakash Chopra, Sarandeep Singh and Rahul Sanghvi from the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament squad.
Madhya Pradesh's right arm medium pacer grabbed 4 for 50 to have Delhi reeling on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Delhi were 108 for no loss, after Kerala were bowled out for 371 in their first innings, at stumps on day 3 in the Ranji Trophy match.
New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming won the toss and elected to bat in the three-day cricket match against India 'A'.
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.
Former selector Sarandeep Singh called Rohit-Dhawan the 'best option' despite skipper Virat Kohli's recent interest in the slot.
Sunil Joshi replaced MSK Prasad (South Zone), who had an extended run after completing his four-year tenure. Joshi's selection from South Zone and Harvinder getting picked from Central Zone also shows that the Board has stuck with the zonal policy.
All three agreed to have the proceedings heard in English and each of them nodded that they understood the charges of first-degree murder and conspiring to murder Nijjar, the report said.
Khoda hurt at not being given chance to defend himself
'The IPL should form the selection basis for the T20 team and at the most the ODI team.'
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.
Anil Kumble has been paid his dues of close to Rs 1 crore by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, marking a closure to his acrimonious episode as the head coach of the Indian cricket team.
Venkatesh Prasad and Sunil Joshi were on Tuesday shortlisted along with three others for the national selectors' job. Agarkar not being shortlisted also is an indicator that the Board is likely to stick to the existing zonal policy for the national selectors.
The CoA chief refused to divulge any further details on the review meeting.
The Delhi High Court on Monday suspended the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)'s decision to remove three selectors appointed by Justice Mukul Mudgal. The Delhi High Court also asked the DDCA to clear all dues within 48 hours to cricketers, who are presently active.
Kohli was surprised by the allegations and said dragging her name was not right.
It is understood that the new BCCI regime wants the selection committee to have a clear cut stand on MS Dhoni's international future.
The committee will meet just once as only two changes are required in the senior selection panel.
It is more likely that Australia series will mark Bumrah's return to competitive cricket after four months, having recovered from stress fracture.
Along with the senior selection committee, the entire women's selection panel will be overhauled
Repeated snubs from the Indian team selectors will not deter Unadkat
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.
The finisher's job is only gaining significance in the power-packed modern game
Former Delhi stalwart K Bhaskar Pillai is being considered as a front-runner for the state Ranji team chief coach's post and will face a tough fight from ex-India off-spinner Aashish Kapoor after a series of interviews were conducted by the DDCA. Medium pacer Amit Bhandari could retain his position as the bowling coach. Five candidates who were interviewed for the post are Kapoor, Bhaskar, Bhandari, Hitesh Sharma and last season's coach Vijay Dahiya.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that a Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will be formed in the next couple of days to announce the new selection panel on a three-year tenure. Ganguly said the CAC will be appointed only for one meeting to decide the selectors as the appointment of the men's head coach has already been done by the previous panel led by former captain Kapil Dev.
The selectors may allow the India off-spinner to complete his remaining two matches for Worcestershire in English county cricket.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer slammed the current selection committee led by MSK Prasad, labelling them as a 'Mickey Mouse selection committee'.
Whether the selector will have a vote in choosing the playing XI is still not clear.
Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda are set to be removed from the BCCI senior selection panel after the Board was clearly told to trim to the panel to three members in place of five, as recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee.
The selection committee meeting to pick the Indian team for the one-day series against England will go ahead on Friday despite the BCCI being hit by administrative crisis following the latest Supreme Court order. The BCCI announced that the selection panel headed by former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad will gather in Mumbai on Friday to pick the Indian team for England series, comprising three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals, starting January 15. The selectors will also pick the India A squad for two warm-up matches against England to be held at CCI, Mumbai.
Under fire due to a stinging status report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Committee, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to remove senior national selectors Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe when the members meet for SGM this Friday.
Last year, Prasad was appointed as selector in place of Roger Binny from South Zone.
It remains to be seen whether veteran Gautam Gambhir can make a comeback to the Indian ODI team after being recently called up to the Test squad to replace the injured KL Rahul.
Anushka Sharma shared a few lovely dovey pictures with her husband and India cricket captain Virat Kohli on social media.
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