Pragyan Ojha prime candidate for BCCI selector post as ad posted for multiple openings- Report

Pragyan Ojha played 24 Tests,18 ODIs and 6 T20Is for India.

The men's and women's selection committees of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are undergoing a makeover. The women's national selection panel, which is now headed by former India left-arm spinner Neetu David, is about to undergo a total makeover, while the men's squad is seeking to hire two new national selectors.

The BCCI posted a job posting on its website on Friday for the positions of four women's selectors, a junior men's selector, and two national selectors for the men's squad. Applications for the positions of selectors must be submitted by September 10th.

Candidates who wish to apply for the position of men's national selector must, as is customary, have participated in seven Test matches, thirty first-class matches, or ten ODIs and twenty first-class matches.

According to BCCI regulations, a candidate must have retired as a player at least five years before being eligible to serve as a national selector in any category. There is currently no representative from the South Zone on the women's national selection committee, which is led by Neetu David and consists of Aarti Vaidya, Shama Shaw, and Renu Margret.

This year's September marks the end of the current selection committee's term. The 15-member team for the Women's World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, starting on September 30, was just selected by David & Co.

The current men’s national selectors are Ajit Agarkar, Shiv Sunder Das, Subroto Banerjee, Ajay Ratra, and Sridharan Sharath.

Times of India has reported that former India spinner Pragyan Ojha is a favorite to become a national selector from the South Zone. Ojha's appointment is probably going to be the only change made to the men's selection committee; Ojha from the South Zone is expected to replace Sridharan Sharath, whose term ends in September.

In actuality, Sharath might take Thilak Naidu's place as the junior chief selector. Since January 2023, Sharath has been a national senior selector.

Ojha played 24 Tests, in which he picked 113 wickets at an average of 30.26, including seven five-wicket hauls. He also played 18 ODIs, in which he took 21 wickets, with a best haul of four for 38 at 31.04. He also played six T20Is, taking six wickets at 13.20, including a best haul of four for 21.

Meanwhile, chief of the BCCI selection committee Ajit Agarkar has been handed a one-year extension following India’s T20 World Cup 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy 2025 wins.