The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named Thilak Naidu, the former Karnataka wicketkeeper and Ranji Trophy winner, as the chairperson of BCCI’s junior selection committee (men).
He fills the position left vacant by S Sharath, who was elevated to the senior men’s selection panel in January this year.
Naidu’s first-class career saw 93 matches in which he took 220 catches and effected 18 stumpings. He was also an aggressive lower-order batter, making 4386 runs at 34.80, including eight centuries.
He also chaired Karnataka’s junior selection panel from 2013-16 and was also part of the senior selection committee in 2015-16.
Ranadeb Bose (East Zone), Harvinder Singh Sodhi (North), Pathik Patel (West), and Krishen Mohan (Central) make up the remaining members of the panel. The first goal for Naidu’s team will be to choose a group of players and train them ahead of the Under-19 World Cup, which will take place in Sri Lanka early in the following year.
Shyama Shaw Named Part Of The Women’s Senior Selection Committee
As per ESPNCricinfo reports, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra, and Jatin Paranjape has named Shyama Shaw as part of the women’s senior selection committee. The former allrounder represented India in three Tests and five ODIs in the mid-1990s.
She replaces Mithu Mukherjee in the panel and joins the likes of former India left-arm spinner Neetu David, who heads the committee, and Arati Vaidya, Kalpana Venkatachar, and Renu Margarate.
The team’s first international job since the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February is to choose the India ODI and T20I squads for the limited-overs trip of Bangladesh in July.
BCCI was also keen to have Gary Kirsten as India women’s team head coach job, but his commitments in the IPL and other leagues prevented him from taking up the post.
Meanwhile, Amol Muzumdar, the former Mumbai captain, and Hrishikesh Kanitkar, the former India allrounder and current interim head coach are in contention for the post. Meanwhile a “big international name” is causing delays in appointments.