Having been appointed as Team India’s new chief selector, former pacer Chetan Sharma on Thursday (December 24) said he is a man of few words and his action will speak louder than words.

BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) was shouldered with the responsibility to form the selection panel and it also picked Mumbai’s Abey Kuruvilla and Odisha’s Debashish Mohanty in the five-member committee.

The new panel was formed on the sidelines of BCCI’s 89th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Ahmedabad, with Sharma pipping Maninder Singh and Vijay Dahiya from the north zone.

“It’s indeed a privilege for me to get an opportunity to serve Indian cricket once again. I am a man of few words and my action will speak louder than words,” Chetan Sharma told PTI.

“I can only thank BCCI for this opportunity,” he added.

Former medium pacer Kuruvilla, who was backed by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) heavyweights, was preferred over a more capped Ajit Agarkar from the west zone.

Mohanty, a former India seamer from Odisha, was serving as junior national selector for the last two years and will remain in the committee for another couple of years.

The selection committee also includes former India players Sunil Joshi (south zone) and Harvinder Singh (central zone).

“The committee further recommended Chetan Sharma for the role of chairman of the senior men’s selection committee based on seniority (total number of Test matches). The CAC will review the candidates after a one-year period and make the recommendations to the BCCI,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a media release.

Coming to the chief selector, Chetan Sharma represented India in 23 Tests and 65 ODIs, claiming 61 and 67 wickets respectively. He was instrumental in India’s Test series win in England in 1986.

(With PTI inputs)