Overview

• Multiple reports, including PTI and The Indian Express, identify the former India duo as the leading choices to fill two senior selector vacancies.
• The openings follow the exits of S. Sharath from the South Zone and Subroto Banerjee from the Central Zone on Ajit Agarkar’s panel.
• Coverage describes a limited response from prominent ex-players, with applications also received from Praveen Kumar, Ashish Winston Zaidi and Shakti Singh.
• The BCCI’s eligibility rules require minimum playing thresholds, at least five years since retirement, and no cumulative five-year service on BCCI committees.
• If confirmed, the pair would join Agarkar’s committee from next month, with early duties likely to include selecting squads for West Indies Tests and a white-ball tour of Australia.