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- Updated: September 11, 2016
The BCCI will pick national selectors for the men’s, women’s and junior selection panels via an interview process for the first time, discarding the previously used zonal method. The deadline for the applications closes on September 14 even though the BCCI released the advertisement only on Saturday.
With the Lodha Committee deciding to do away with the zonal system, the BCCI was forced to abandon the traditional method of appointing national selectors: based on nominations received from the five zones. The eligibility criteria mentioned by the BCCI in its advertisement also differs from the one set by the Lodha Committee.
According to the Committee’s guideline, only former India Test players would be eligible to be appointed to the men’s and women’s selection committees, provided they have been retired from …
