Overview
- The BCCI invited applications for five Junior Cricket Committee positions on Monday and set a September 5 deadline for submissions.
- The board formally expanded the committee’s remit to include educating junior players about drugs, betting, and match-fixing through sessions with senior and former players.
- Applicants must be former cricketers who played at least 25 first-class matches and who retired at least five years ago, and anyone with a cumulative five years of prior BCCI committee service is ineligible.
- Reports say the selection will follow assessment, shortlisting and personal interviews, the new five-member panel will replace the 2021 committee, and the board expects to name the members around its AGM next month.
- The move aims to shield youth players from growing money and visibility at junior levels and could change how talent is scouted and supported, while the board also continues work to find a new title sponsor as IDFC’s tenure ends.