MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (
BCCI) president
Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday confirmed that the new selection panel will pick the squad for the upcoming ODI series against
South Africa
.
India are scheduled to host South Africa for a three-match ODI series, starting from March 12.
Ganguly also stated that the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will conduct interviews on Wednesday to fill the posts of two national selectors.
"The interviews will be conducted tomorrow," Ganguly told ANI.
A meeting of the newly-appointed three CAC members was conducted on Tuesday at the BCCI headquarters. Ganguly, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and
Indian Premier League's (IPL) chairman
Brijesh Patel were also present during the meeting.
The three-member CAC was appointed on January 31, comprising former India cricketers
Madan Lal,
RP Singh
, and
Sulakshana Naik
.
The BCCI is looking for replacements of outgoing chief selectors MSK Prasad and
Gagan Khoda. The cricket governing body had invited applications for selectors post on January 18.
The eligibility criteria for senior men selectors is that candidates applying for the post should have played at least 7 Test matches or 30 first-class matches or 10 ODIs and 20 first-class matches.