“What should be the three-year leadership plan across all formats after Rohit Sharma’s captaincy tenure ends?” “What is the pool of next-gen spinners that we have across formats?” “Are there any 2022 U-19 World Cup winning players ready to be upgraded to the highest level?” “Can there be another possibility, aside from KS Bharat, who may be tried as Test keeper within the absence of Rishabh Pant? According to sources within the know of the matter, these are a few of the frequent questions that the Ashok Malhotra-led choice committee requested potential nationwide choice committee candidates throughout their one-on-one interviews on Monday.
As reported by PTI on January 1, Chetan Sharma is favourite to retain his presidency after being dumped alongside along with his colleagues following their T20 World Cup semi-final exit.
“Chetan is the favorite and Harvinder (Singh) also appeared for the interview. So North and Central Zone can be taken care of. Junior chairman of selectors S Sharath was also asked by the BCCI officials to apply. He is best equipped regarding the supply chain of talent from Pathway Cricket,” a senior BCCI supply informed PTI on the situation of anonymity.
SS Das, the previous opening batsman from the East appears to be a runaway favourite in the intervening time whereas Gujarat’s Mukund Parmar can also be a robust candidate from the West.
It is realized that this time the BCCI will solely give a one-year deal to keep away from any confusion.
“This time, it will be a one-year contract with a focus on the World Cup,” stated the supply.
It is known that quite a lot of consideration was paid to how the mix was made for the World Cup.
An individual with information of the matter stated, “Questions were asked about what kind of combination could be considered appropriate in relation to a mix of junior and senior players at the World Cup?”
It is realized that a few of the candidates had been requested to call the following era of spinners and had been requested how they felt they might form up in Test cricket sooner or later.
“Some of the candidates were given the names of specific batsmen and asked what is the ideal batting position that would work for them,” the supply stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
