Sridharan Sharath

India’s junior selection committee chairman, former Tamil Nadu skipper Sridharan Sharath too has applied for the senior selectors’ post, TOI has reliably learnt. The deadline to apply for the position expired on Monday. Sharath has been the junior India chief selector since September 2021-India clinched the Under-19 World Cup in the West Indies in February this year during his tenure. Interestingly, when Sharath played for the India Under-19 team, India’s current head coach Rahul Dravid was his captain.

Former Tamil Nadu left-hander Sridharan Sharath was on Friday named the chairman of the junior national selection committee just over a week before the commencement of the domestic season with the U-19 tournaments.

The BCCI had invited outgoing selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma for a review meeting to discuss India’s T20 World Cup performance along with coach Rahul Dravid, captain Rohit Sharma and National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman, TOI has learnt. The meeting is likely to take place here on January 1.

Abhinav Mukund made an unbeaten 111 on Monday to lead Tamil Nadu's fightback after conceding a first innings lead of 236 runs to Himachal Pradesh on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match.

Former Indian pacer Chetan Sharma has been retained as the chairman of the five-member BCCI's senior selection committee. He was the head of the board's selection committee from December 2020 till last month.

Former India all-rounder Ajit Agarkar was on Tuesday appointed as the chief selector of the Team India's senior men's selection committee.

The BCCI is set to revamp its selection committees for men's and women's teams, advertising for new selectors. Pragyan Ojha is a frontrunner for the men's selection panel from the South Zone, potentially replacing Sridharan Sharath. Additionally, the BCCI has directed state associations to ensure centrally-contracted players participate in domestic matches when available.

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has reappointed Chetan Sharma as the chairman of selectors for the senior national team while letting go of the services of the rest of the earlier panel.

With Chetan Sharma quitting from the role of the chief selector after an undercover sting, Shiv Sundar Das is likely to be be the interim head of the selection committee. Chief selector Chetan had earlier resigned on Friday after a sting operation caught him gossiping about players and claiming the widespread use of unsanctioned injections to pass fitness tests.

Ignored for India's Twenty20 series against Australia, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named in the 15-member Tamil Nadu Ranji squad along with Test opener Murali Vijay for the season-opener against Andhra Pradesh, starting Friday.

Despite little age-group cricket in India for the past two seasons due to Covid-19, the India under-19 team notched up a nine-game unbeaten run, clinching two back-to-back tournaments. The way this bunch conquered an outbreak of Covid-19, forcing India to barely find 11 fit players for the games against Ireland and Uganda - is an inspiring tale in itself.

Aditya Thakare's impressive four-wicket haul left Tamil Nadu at 159/6, trailing Vidarbha's 353 in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal. Tamil Nadu's top order struggled despite a resilient 65-run knock by C Andre Siddharth. Vidarbha was led by Karun Nair's century and Harsh Dubey's 69. Tamil Nadu hopes for a fightback from Pradosh Ranjan Paul and skipper R Sai Kishore.

Returning to competitive cricket after close to six months, India's premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja went wicket-less in his 17 overs on a slow Chepauk pitch, as Tamil Nadu made 183/4 against Saurashtra in their Ranji Trophy match on Tuesday.

Ajith Ram, a left-arm spinner from Tamil Nadu, emulated Ravindra Jadeja with a six-wicket haul in a Ranji Trophy match on Friday to take his team to a comprehensive 59-run win over Saurashtra. Ajith ended up with nine wickets for the second successive game, earning him back-to-back player of the match honors. Despite the win, Tamil Nadu wrapped up their Ranji campaign with a fifth-place finish in the group stage with 21 points. Saurashtra had already qualified with 26 points and will face Punjab in the quarterfinals on Friday. A target of 266 was always going to be formidable on a dry wearing Chepauk pitch which was amplified by the way wickets began falling in the morning. The visitors were four down by the eighth over of the day with just 18 runs on the board and the surface appearing like a veritable minefield amid all the wreckage. Openers Harvik Desai and Arpit Vasavada batted on unfazed and skilfully tackling all the challenges the track and Tamil Nadu bowlers threw at them. At one stage the duo looked like making a match of it, but Ajith’s left-arm spin twin, MS Siddharth

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has convened a meeting to review the state of Indian cricket. The meeting was attended by Board Secretary Jay Shah, India Head Coach Rahul Dravid, National Cricket Academy Chairman VVS Laxman, India Captain Rohit Sharma, and outgoing Chief Selector Chetan Sharma. The Board decided that 20 players will be part of the 2023 World Cup, which will be held in India. The players will be rotated before the World Cup.

Stung by the team's 10-wicket thrashing at the hands of England in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Australia last year, the BCCI's top brass, with an eye on the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup in India this year, has swung into action right away.