Bcci News

According to a report by PTI, the BCCI, who sacked the Chetan Sharma-led committee of selectors with immediate effect on Friday, will appoint different captains across three formats. The board has already invited fresh applications for the vacant post, with the deadline set at November 28.

As per PTI, Ahmedabad and Kolkata will host the knockout stages of Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) respectively while the BCCI will conduct two Irani Cup ties over the next months. SMAT will begin on October 11 while the Vijay Hazare Trophy will get underway on November 12.

On Monday, Sourav Ganguly confirmed that the ODI series against South Africa will be the first assignment for the new selection committee, with Laxman Sivaramakrishnan leading the race to be the new chief selector. Regarding CAC, he admitted that they are looking for Gautam Gambhir’s replacement.

BCCI ethics officer DK Jain has asked Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad to appear in Mumbai later this month to explain conflict of interest allegations against them. As a matter of fact, the duo, who was part of the Cricket Advisory Committee, have already resigned after getting conflict notice.