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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sacked its entire Selection Committee after India failed miserably in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2022. The Indian cricket board has then appointed a Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to pick the five-member Selection Committee.
Regarding the same, CAC has received several applications and as per reports doing rounds, Inzamam-ul-Haq, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, and Virender Sehwag are also among those names. But is it so?
According to reports, the committee has received ‘fake’ applications from some of the biggest names in the history of world cricket, including the aforementioned, Inzamam-ul-Haq, MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. Meanwhile, among the real applications that the CAC is expected to receive is that of the former head of the selection committee Chetan Sharma.
“Sources had previously informed Sports Tak that Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have applied for the position on the committee as they have time left as per the rules,” reported SportsTak. “Sources further added that top officials are in touch with some former cricketers for CAC but as of now there’s no decision has been made on it. The sorting of the candidates will begin soon as soon as the CAC will be announced. But none of the former cricketers who have been mentioned above are expected to be a part of the new selection committee.”
The report further claimed that more than 60 applicants have applied for the five slots. “More than 60 applicants have applied for the post, including Sharma and Singh. The other two members of the erstwhile panel, Sunil Joshi and Debashish Mohanty haven’t re-applied. The BCCI hasn’t received applications from any big names barring a few former cricketers who wish to become members of the five-member selection committee,” it claimed.
The prominent names that have applied for a place in the selection panel include Venkatesh Prasad, Dodda Ganesh, Maninder Singh, Nikhil Chopra, Atul Wassan, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Nayan Mongia, SS Das, Salil Ankola, Sameer Dighe, Ajay Ratra, Gyanendra Pandey, Jacob Martin, Subroto Banerjee and Iqbal Siddiqui.
