RAIPUR: The BCCI on Friday advertised on its website for the post of one female senior selector and one men's junior selector.
Former Tamil Nadu batsman S Sharath, who was the junior selection committee chairman when India won the Under-19 World Cup in the West Indies last year, was recently promoted to the senior selection committee.
Currently, Harvinder Singh Sodhi, Ranadeb Bose, Krishan Mohan and Pratik Patel are the other members of the national junior selection committee.
Interestingly, as per the BCCI's brief about the main job duties/responsibilities, a junior national selector, apart from "selecting the best possible team in a fair and transparent manner," and "plan and prepare a strong bench strength for the respective age group teams," must "inculcate proper ethics in the youth, particularly through interactions with senior and former players on issues such as drugs, betting and match-fixing, etc."
Both the senior women's and junior men's selector would also "be responsible for vetting and selecting Coaches and Support Staff (physiotherapists, trainers, therapists, analysts, and medics) for the respective teams." He will be required to "prepare and provide evaluation reports of the respective team performances to the Apex Council of BCCI on a quarterly basis."
The deadline to apply for both the posts is 6pm on January 28.
In the qualification criteria for the female senior selector, the former player needs to have represented India. junior men's selector. In case of the junior selector, the candidate "should have played a minimum of 25 First Class games; and should have retired from the game at least 5 years previously."
After screening/shortlisting of applications, the shortlisted candidates will be called for personal
Interviews for further evaluation by the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee, which includes Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjape and Sulakshna Naik.
