Indian Selectors Khoda and Paranjpe Likely to Be Removed by BCCI

Both Gagan Khoda (2 ODIs) and Jatin Paranjpe (4 ODIs) have never played Test cricket.

Under fire due to a stinging status report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Committee, the BCCI is likely to remove senior national selectors Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe when the members meet for Special General Meeting this Friday.

The Lodha Panel has recommended to dissolve the current BCCI regime and wants all decisions taken by BCCI post the Supreme Court verdict on 18 July to be superseded.

While there is a possibility that the entire selection committee may be overhauled but Khoda and Paranjpe's ouster now looks imminent as their appointments were in direct violation of the Lodha Panel's recommendations.

Both Khoda (two ODIs) and Paranjpe (four) have never played Test cricket which the Lodha Panel made mandatory for appointment in senior selection panel which they wanted to be restricted to three members. While Khoda was from the earlier panel, Mumbai batsman Paranjpe was newly inducted in the panel during the BCCI AGM on 21 September.

The three others in the panel are MSK Prasad, Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh — all Test players but with collective experience of 13 matches in longest format.

It’s unlikely that Gagan and Jatin can be kept in selection panel. In any case, I don’t think BCCI is now in a position to get into further confrontation with apex court and its appointed panel.

Source, BCCI

"If we remove Gagan and Jatin, it will in any case conform with panel's guidelines of having three ex Test players as senior selectors. We have a long home season and you don't want a situation where you don't have selectors going into ODIs followed by Test series against England and Australia,’’ added the BCCI office-bearer.

Since the SC deadline for BCCI is 6 October, the SGM scheduled on Friday in Mumbai bears a lot of significance.