BCCI sacks Chetan Sharma-led whole choice committee after T20 World Cup debacle

The Board of Control for Cricket in India took an enormous name on Friday, by sacking the Chetan Sharma-led choice committee. The choice comes proper after India’s exit from the T20 World Cup.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 18, 2022 21:47 IST

File picture of Chetan Sharma. (Courtesy: Twitter)

By India Today Web Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), reportedly, sacked chairman of the choice committee, Chetan Sharma, after the nationwide crew crashed out of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

Harvinder Singh, Sunil Joshi and Debasish Mohanty had been the opposite members of the choice committee, headed by Sharma.

India, captained by Rohit Sharma, made their approach out of the match after shedding to Jos Buttler’s England by 10 wickets on the Adelaide Oval.

It was Sharma who introduced the squads for India’s tour of New Zealand and Bangladesh by way of a video press convention a number of days in the past.

Back in October 2020, Sharma changed Sunil Joshi because the chairman of selectors. Under his tenure, India received numerous bilateral collection, however did not carry out effectively in multi-nation tournaments.

The BCCI, within the meantime, invited functions for the place of nationwide selectors for the lads’s crew. Five positions are open for a similar.

The BCCI additionally put forth the standards for the candidates. The applicant ought to have performed:

a) A minimal of seven Test matches

b) 30 first-class matches or

c) 10 ODIs and 20 first-class matches.

d) The software ought to have retired from the sport a minimum of 5 years in the past.

As per a press release launched by the BCCI on Friday, November 18, “no person who has been a member from the Cricket Committee (as defined in the rules and regulations of BCCI) for a total of 5 years shall be eligible to be a member of the Men’s Selection Committee.”

The final date for the functions is November 28, 2022 at 1800 hrs IST.

Team India, in the intervening time, are at present in New Zealand for a three-match T20I collection and a three-match ODI collection after which they’ll tour Bangladesh.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Nov 18, 2022