Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 05, 2023, 01:10 PM
Ajit Agarkar: BCCI has announced the new Chief Selector of Team India. Now Ajit Agarkar will decide the direction and condition of the Indian team. The BCCI may have announced this on Tuesday late evening, but it was known three to four days ago that Ajit Agarkar is going to become the selector, while the four selectors who were already there, Ajit Agarkar is the most He is senior, so he has been given the responsibility of head selector. Earlier Chetan Sharma used to be the chief selector, Agarkar will replace him, but meanwhile Ajit Agarkar will get more salary than Chetan Sharma. This possibility is also being expressed.BCCI's CAC elected Ajit Agarkar as the chief selectorIt is said that Ajit Agarkar was the only candidate to give an interview before the Cricket Advisory Committee ie CAC. The CAC comprising Sulakshana Naik, Ashok Malhotra and Jatin Paranjpe unanimously picked Ajit Agarkar as the preferred choice. Ajit Agarkar was earlier associated with IPL team Delhi Capitals as an assistant coach and has also been seen in the role of commentator in between. But when he left Delhi Capitals, it seemed that he would be the new Chief Selector of Team India. A report in Cricbuzz states that earlier Ajit Agarkar was not ready for this role because the chief selector gets very little money. Also, after becoming a selector, no other work can be done. Earlier, when Chetan Sharma used to be the Chief Selector, when the Chief Selector salary was one crore rupees, which will probably be increased now.Team India's chief selector's salary may increase from one crore to three croresThe BCCI is believed to have agreed to increase the fee for the post of chairman from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 crore per annum. Not only this, the remaining selectors after the Chief Selector, they still get Rs 90 lakh, but now their salary will also be increased. However, the final decision has not been taken on this yet. There will be an AGM of BCCI in September, a decision can be taken in that. If this happens, then the salary of the chief selector will be tripled. Chetan Sharma used to get Rs 1 crore, but Ajit Agarkar will start getting Rs 3 crore.Ajit Agarkar will select Team India for T20 series for West Indies tourMeanwhile, after becoming the Chief Selector, Ajit Agarkar will now select Team India for the first time. Team India has been announced for the Test and ODI series to be held between India and West Indies, but the team for T20 has not been announced yet. Now the first task of Ajit Agarkar will be this. Although the T20 series will start in the first week of August, which means that there is still a month to go, Ajit Agarkar will have full time to sit with the rest of the selectors and strategize. Apart from Ajit Agarkar, the remaining members of the selection committee now include Shiv Sunder Das, Subroto Banerjee, Sreedharan Sharath and Ankola.