The BCCI might have sacked the Chetan Sharma-led selection panel last month, but the committee continues to remain in operation with their successors not finalised yet.

According to a PTI report, the outgoing selection committee will be picking the Indian white-ball squads for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, starting January 3, as the new panel will not be named before another week’s time.

The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), featuring Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshna Naik, will reportedly conduct the interview of short-listed candidates to pick the selection committee members between 26 and 28 December.

“The old committee will probably select the Sri Lanka white ball squad,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

“As of now, it doesn’t look like Rohit Sharma’s finger will heal enough before the T20Is and in that case, Hardik will lead the side. As far as KL Rahul is concerned, his T20I days seem to be numbered,” he added.

While the selection panel headed by Chetan was dismissed soon after India’s T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final exit, the process to find new selectors has taken a bit longer than expected.

“Chetan and his committee are still watching domestic cricket. They watched the full Vijay Hazare Trophy and also the first two rounds of Ranji Trophy. Debasish Mohanty was present at Eden Gardens to watch Bengal vs Himachal Pradesh. Basically, they got a two-month extension till 25 December,” the official said.

As per the report, Chetan Sharma has reapplied for the position in the All India Selectors Committee. Besides him, Harvinder Singh, who was part of the selection panel from the Central Zone, also applied again for the post.

The other prominent names applying for the posts include Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Atul Wassan, Nikhil Chopra, Amay Khurasiya, Gyanendra Pandey, Mukund Parmar among others.

(With PTI inputs)