The All-India Junior Selection Committee comprises of five members.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has on Friday (September 17) announced the appointment of the All-India junior selection committee.
The BCCI has appointed the former Tamil Nadu captain Sridharan Sharath as the chairman of the committee comprising of five members on Friday.
Sharath is the first cricketer from Tamil Nadu to play 100 Ranji Trophy matches in his 15-year-long domestic career. He amassed 8700 runs including 27 centuries and 42 half-centuries in 139 first-class matches at an average of 51.17.
Sharath also played over 100 List A games and scored more than 3000 runs apart from serving as a BCCI match referee in the past.
The other members of the committee are – Pathik Patel (West Zone), Ranadeb Bose (East Zone), Kishan Mohan (North Zone), and Harvinder Singh Sodhi (Central Zone).
The BCCI said in an official press release, “Former Tamil Nadu captain Mr. Sharath Sridharan will head the committee. The first cricketer to play 100 Ranji Trophy matches for Tamil Nadu, Mr. Sharath in his 15-year-long domestic career, scored 8700 runs including 27 centuries and 42 half-centuries in 139 first-class matches with a highly impressive average of 51.17. He also played over 100 List A games scoring more than 3000 runs. He has also been a BCCI match referee.”
Noteworthy, Harvinder Singh Sodhi was a lanky medium fast-bowling all-rounder who played 76 games and scored over 2000 runs apart from taking 174 wickets for Madhya Pradesh. Sodhi also served as a BCCI match referee. Pathik Patel played 32 first-class matches and 28 List A matches for Gujarat.
On the other hand, Bengal seamer Ranadeb Bose played 91 first-class games and has 317 wickets to his name. He had also toured with the Indian team during the 2007 series in England.
The previous committee was headed by Ashish Kapoor (South) while other members were Debasish Mohanty (East), Gyanendra Pandey (central), Rakesh Parikh (west), and Amit Sharma (north).
(With BCCI Inputs)