On Wednesday (4th March), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed the recommendations of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) for the two vacant posts of the senior men’s national selection committee panel. Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh are most likely to join with this committee.
Gagan Khoda and the previous chief of the selection committee MSK Prasad recently ended their respective terms of the roles of national selectors. Later, the BCCI appointed the CAC comprising Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik to take the interviews of the shortlisted candidates for the vacant posts of the national selection committee.
The CAC has recommended Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh for the two vacant posts of the senior men’s national selection committee panel. The CAC has also recommended selecting Sunil Joshi as the Chairman of the selection committee. Earlier, the BCCI President Sourav Ganguly revealed that the most Test-capped cricketer among the selection committee will be appointed
Both Joshi and Singh may join soon with Devang Gandhi, Jatin Paranjpe and Sarandeep Singh in this selection committee panel. All the other three members of this five-member committee can hold their respective posts for one more year.
Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh played for India at same time
While Joshi played 15 Tests and 69 ODIs for India from 1996 to 2001, Harvinder played three Tests and 16 ODIs for India between 1997 and 2001. Joshi has also worked as the coach for various teams. Apart from coaching several domestic sides, Joshi played the spin bowling coach roles for Oman, Bangladesh and the USA national cricket teams. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Joshi was the spin bowling coach for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).
Harvinder has also some coaching experiences, including for the Punjab Ranji cricket team.
The new selection committee will begin their journey with the selection process for the upcoming three-match home ODI series against South Africa. India will play the ODIs against South Africa on 12th, 15th and 18th March at Dharamshala, Lucknow and Kolkata respectively.
Here are some Twitter reactions about the new selectors:
BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee recommends Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh as senior team selectors. They join Dewang Gandhi, Jatin Paranjpe and Sarandeep Singh whose term finishes later this year. Joshi has been recommended as chairman of the committee.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 4, 2020
New selectors will be picking the team for the ODI series against South Africa starting on March 12th. #INDvSA
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 4, 2020
BREAKING: Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh have been named as the new selectors. Joshi to be chairman.
— Venkata Krishna B (@venkatatweets) March 4, 2020
– Also worked as a Spin bowling consultant for Bangladesh in 2017
– Appointed as the assistant coach of @lionsdenkxip ahead of #IPL2020
– And a well deserved appointment as the Chairman of selectors by BCCI now.#Cricket #Indiancricket
— Prasenjit Dey (@CricPrasen) March 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/amith_parashar/status/1235174668027514881?s=20
@SunilJoshi_Spin congratulations sir..selected for Indian selectors ..now hopeing all Talented karnataka players get chance in indian team…Nammavarana bidabedi sir ..my dream manish robin rahul mayak all together playing for Indian team..
— Purushotham krishnappa (@purushothamraj) March 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/Shivv0712/status/1235180875287060480?s=20
@sports_tak ….When last selection committee was selected ,at that time everybody was talking about how many matches have been played by selectors ,they should be with more odi and test playing experience . But sunil joshi and Singh are again less international experience.
— Wale Vikas Shivaji (@WaleShivaji) March 4, 2020
If Kohli will not do well in upcoming odi , are these selectors brave enough to get him out to search the form the way team management treated other out of form players?
What is a threashold for Kohli?— Im25? (@desai_desani01) March 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/Vivek7968/status/1235186015498883072?s=20