The announcement was made by BCCI secretary Jay Shah on July 4.
“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), consisting of Ms Sulakshana Naik, Mr Ashok Malhotra, and Mr Jatin Paranjape, interviewed applicants for the position of one selector in the Men’s Selection Committee. The three-member CAC has unanimously recommended Mr Ajit Agarkar for the said position,” Jay Shah said in a media release.
News agency PTI had reported earlier that BCCI wanted to get done with formality of appointment as Agarkar, after taking over, will chair the selection committee meeting for the T20I squad that will play five games in the West Indies.
“Agarkar is the only candidate who appeared for interview. It was a virtual one as he is currently abroad on a family break,” a BCCI source had informed PTI.
According to sources, there weren’t any notable name from North Zone. That is the reason why BCCI broke its age-old convention of appointing one selector from each of the five zones.Agarkar’s appointment will mean that West Zone will have two selectors with Salil Ankola being the other one. The others are Subroto Banerjee from Central Zone, S Sharath from South and SS Das from East.Agarkar has played 191 ODIs apart from 26 Tests and 4 T20Is. He was a part of the 1999, 2003 and 2007 ODI World Cup squad and also featured in the 2007 World T20 winning Indian team.
He has a Test hundred at Lord’s and played a big part in India’s Test victory in Australia, back in 2004, with a six-wicket haul in Adelaide game.
Agarkar is expected to get a better remuneration compared to current paycheck of Rs 1 crore earmarked for the chairman of selectors. The remaining members of the committee get Rs 90 lakh each.
With PTI inputs
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