The BCCI has determined in opposition to extending the tenure of the Chetan Sharma-led choice committee and invited functions for the posts of 5 members.

The new panel should “appoint captaincy for the team in each format”.

Split captaincy was the probably path during which Indian cricket will go after its main ICC trophy drought continued with the semi-final exit by the hands of England on the T20 World Cup.

🚨NEWS🚨: BCCI invitations functions for the place of National Selectors (Senior Men).

Details : https://t.co/inkWOSoMt9

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 18, 2022

At current, Rohit Sharma is main the crew in all codecs, however Hardik Pandya is the captain of the facet for the continued limited-overs tour of New Zealand. Pandya is the favorite

to take over the reins within the shortest format, after main Gujarat Titans to the Indian Premier League title of their inaugural season itself. Another attainable contender for captaincy, Jasprit Bumrah, is out injured for the time being, and it stays to be seen what occurs when he returns to the facet. As for Rohit, he’s already 35 years outdated and the Board might need to preserve him as captain for the following 12 months’s 50-over World Cup on residence soil, with Pandya being groomed retaining in thoughts the following T20 World Cup in 2024 within the West Indies and United States. Most of the senior gamers who featured within the latest version in Australia are unlikely to be within the crew for the following version.

It is learnt that the job of head coach Rahul Dravid shouldn’t be beneath menace.

The crew that performed Down Under was blighted by a number of weaknesses, together with pedestrian openers, lack of an efficient finisher, no categorical tempo within the bowling line-up, and no wrist-spinner. It was usually the pyrotechniques of Suryakumar Yadav, the No.1-ranked batsman within the T20 format, who saved India’s blushes. Many of the gamers who could also be contenders for spots within the white-ball set-up are in New Zealand for the time being, and want to present what they’re able to.

India prevailed over Pakistan in an thrilling contest of their opening fixture, however after a facile win over the Netherlands, succumbed to South Africa on a fiery Perth pitch. Even Bangladesh ran them shut in a rain-affected sport, earlier than a complete win over Zimbabwe, the place Yadav did the star flip once more.

But the 10-wicket debacle in opposition to Jos Buttler and his eventual champions laid naked the weak areas within the crew. KL Rahul was a disappointment in opposition to high quality opposition, each by way of runs scored and strike price. It was a half-century by Virat Kohli and the late burst by Pandya which took India to 168, which proved to be completely insufficient.

As per the job standards set by the BCCI, the brand new choice committee should plan and put together a robust bench for the senior males’s crew.

The tenure of the incumbent choice panel expired final month, and the BCCI determined in opposition to a renewal. Apart from Chetan Sharma, Sunil Joshi, Debashish Mohanty and Harvinder Singh can even get replaced.

On Friday, the BCCI invited functions for 5 posts. According to the standards set, the candidates ought to have performed a minimal of seven Test matches or 30 first- class matches, or 10 ODIs and 20 first-class matches.

As per a BCCI supply, members of the present choice committee can apply for the posts once more, in the event that they need to.

However, in all probability, the board will go forward with new faces as a substitute of selecting the present panel. The board hasn’t given any cause on why they haven’t retained the choice committee, however the disappointing method of India’s ouster from the T20 World Cup might have been a cause.

Interestingly, a number of members of the incumbent panel have been busy watching the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches at varied centres throughout the nation.