Overview
- Ojha is serving as the interim chief selector and led a meeting with head coach Gautam Gambhir and the four-member panel in Guwahati on Tuesday to finalise squads for upcoming tours.
- The BCCI has not made a permanent appointment and earlier reports named Parthiv Patel as a previously discussed candidate for the full-time chair.
- The immediate task for the panel is to pick squads for five T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests in New Zealand plus three India A Tests, with overlapping dates forcing some Test players to be released early from white-ball duties.
- Ojha’s temporary elevation has drawn scrutiny because he faced criticism for his role as South Zone selector during the recent Duleep Trophy.
- If the board chooses not to extend Agarkar’s contract it must advertise the post publicly and hold Cricket Advisory Committee interviews, a process that could delay a permanent hire and complicate World Cup preparation and player workload planning.