Overview
- BCCI officials say candidates for the five‑member junior selection panel are being shortlisted and the Cricket Advisory Committee will interview nominees, with appointments expected to be completed within about two weeks.
- Multiple outlets report Powar as the frontrunner to chair the new panel, and he has recent coaching experience with India’s women’s team, the National Cricket Academy and a season as Gujarat’s head coach.
- Powar is concurrently doing a short, one‑off coaching stint with Australia’s Under‑19 side in India to work with young spinners while the board finalises the junior panel.
- Media reports also name Ashish Winston Zaidi as a likely member of the junior committee and say the board may reassign Powar to the senior selection group if talks with Parthiv Patel for the chief‑selector role fail.
- The junior committee will pick age‑group squads up to Under‑22, run scouting and junior tournaments, appoint coaches and promote off‑field education on issues such as drugs, betting and match‑fixing.