Agarkar’s tenure as chief selector all but over

Ajit Agarkar’s three-year tenure as chairman of the senior men’s selection committee has effectively come to an end, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) now set to initiate the process of finding his replacement.

The BCCI’s 95th Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Friday authorised the office-bearers to suitably fill vacancies, in line with the recent convention. Multiple member representatives who attended the AGM confirmed to The Hindu that, on the sidelines of the meeting, the office-bearers informed delegates that the board would initiate the process to find Agarkar’s successor.

A BCCI office-bearer, speaking on condition of anonymity, also confirmed that “Agarkar has formally informed the BCCI just before the AGM that he doesn’t wish to continue as a selector” after tenure ends on October 4.