BCCI CAC to conduct interviews for national selection committee in first week of January

Several top candidates - Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sundar Das - have applied for the job, while Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have also re-applied.

The Cricket Advisory Committee will conduct the interviews for the senior national selection committee on January 2. | Photo Credit: AFP

The Ashok Malhotra-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) is set to conduct the interviews for the national selection committee in the first week of January.

Though it was earlier decided that the committee would hold virtual interviews on January 2, sources have indicated that it might be pushed back by a few days once the candidates are shortlisted.

After being appointed earlier this month, the CAC met with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office-bearers on Friday and it was decided that the interviews will be held once the shortlisting is done. 

The BCCI had invited applications for the selection committee in November and has received several applications. It is believed that the shortlisted candidates will be announced in a day or two.

“It would require some time to sort out the applications and only after that we plan to invite the CAC to conduct the interviews,” a Board insider said.

Malhotra, Jatin Paranjpe and Sulakshana Naik - were asked to be present at the BCCI headquarters for a formal introduction with the office-bearers and discuss about the road ahead for the selection process.

Several top candidates - Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Maninder Singh, Subroto Banerjee, Shiv Sundar Das - have applied for the job, while Chetan Sharma and Harvinder Singh have also re-applied.