Board of Control for Cricket in India has named former wicket keeper MSK Prasad as the new chairman of selectors. In their 87th Annual General Meeting (AGM) , the board also announced that Ajay Shirke has been re-elected as the board secretary.

The other members in the new selection panel include former cricketers Gagan Khoda, Devang Gandhi, Sarandeep Singh and Jatin Paranjpe. Prasad made his debut for India in 1998 and went on to play six Tests and 17 One-Day Internationals. He retired from all forms in 2008.

Despite the Lodha Committee’s recommendation to pick only three former Test cricketers in the selection panel, the BCCI went ahead and retained five. Out of the five, Khoda and Paranjpe haven’t played even a single Test.The board also appointed former fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad as chairman of the junior selection committee. Former cricketer Hemlata Kala will replace Shantha Rangaswamy as the chairperson of women’s selection panel.

Anurag Singh Thakur, the president of BCCI, will be the board’s representative in the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC). On the other hand, Sharad Pawar, the former BCCI president, has been appointed as the alternate director for ICC meetings.

Senior Selection Committee: MSK Prasad (Chairman), Gagan Khoda, Sarandeep Singh, Jatin Paranjpe and Devang Gandhi

Junior Selection Committee: Venkatesh Prasad (Chairman), Rakesh Parikh, Aashish Kapoor, Amit Sharma and Gyanendra Pandey

Women’s Selection Committee: Hemlata Kala (Chairperson), Shashi Gupta, Anjali Pendharkar, Lopamudra Banerjee and Sudha Shah