The national cricket selection panel is set to shrink in the wake of Supreme Court's order to implement the Lodha Committee reforms. Both Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe will have to leave the panel as they don't conform to the set norms.
As per the Lodha reforms, the senior selection committee was supposed to be a three-member team with Test players. When the BCCI announced the panel in September, the top brass of now sacked President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke defied the diktat as the SC had not passed its final verdict by then.
Now, MSK Prasad, Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh – all former Test players – will select the upcoming team for the ODIs and T20s against England. The selection will be done on 5 January.
As per the Lodha Committee norms, the senior selection committee of the BCCI should comprise only Test cricketers. Khoda, with two ODIs, and Paranjpe, with 4 ODIs, don't conform with the rules set by the SC-appointed committee and now passed as verdict.
Officials in the board feel that Khoda and Paranjpe could be made talent coordinators – a rank below selectors. They will track domestic performances and do a threadbare analysis but may not be allowed to sit in selection committee meetings.
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