Maninder, Mongia and Das applied for the Senior Selection Committee, Ajit Agarkar can become the chairman!

New Delhi. Former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh, opening batsman Shivsunder Das, who has experience of playing more than 20 Tests for India, has applied for the post of senior selectors of the Indian Cricket Board. Along with this, Nayan Mongia and Ajay Ratra are also among the candidates who are in the race to be part of the new senior men’s selection committee of BCCI.

However, it has not been confirmed whether former fast bowler Ajit Agarkar has applied or not. Many believe that if Agarkar applies, he is sure to become the chairman of the selection committee. Salil Ankola, the current head of Mumbai’s senior team selection committee, former wicketkeeper Sameer Dighe and former batsman Vinod Kambli have applied from Mumbai.

The last date of application for the new selection committee was till 6 pm on Monday (November 28). More than 50 people are understood to have applied. Most of these tests have been played by Maninder Singh (35 Tests) and Das (21 Tests). Let us tell you that after the defeat in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, the BCCI had sacked the selection committee headed by Chetan Sharma. After this fresh applications were invited.

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Last year also Maninder Singh had applied

Maninder applied in 2021 as well and was not selected despite qualifying in the interview round. Maninder, Atul Vasan, Nikhil Chopra, Ajay Ratra and Ritinder Singh Sodhi have applied from North Zone. Das, Prabhanjan Malik, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Shubhamay Das and Saurasish Lahiri have applied from the eastern region. Amay Khurasia and Gyanendra Pandey have applied from the central region.