Former TN batsman Sreedharan Sharath set to be named as chairman of India junior selectors

It
is
learnt
that
some
of
the
names
that
the
BCCI
brass
has
zeroed
in
on
names
including
former
Punjab
batting
all-rounder
Krishnan
Mohan,
who
played
45
matches
between
1987-1995.
Mohan
is
a
candidate
from
North
Zone.
Harvinder
Singh
Sodhi,
a
lanky
medium
fast
bowling
all-rounder
from
Madhya
Pradesh,
is
a
top
contender
from
the
Central
Zone.

He
has
played
76
games
and
has
2000
plus
runs
and
174
wickets
in
his
kitty.
He
has
also
been
a
BCCI
match
referee.
From
East
Zone,
Bengal
seamer
Ranadeb
Bose
is
likely
to
pip
former
teammate
Subhamoy
Das
as
the
premier
choice
from
the
region.

Bose,
who
had
toured
with
the
Indian
team
during
the
2007
series
in
England,
has
played
91
first-class
games
and
has
317
wickets.
While
the
official
announcement
will
happen
in
due
course
of
time,
the
left-handed
Sharath,
who
has
also
been
a
BCCI
match
referee,
is
being
tipped
to
take
over
from
Ashish
Kapoor,
whose
term
ended
earlier
this
year.

Sharath,
who
has
also
played
for
Assam,
was
the
first
ever
Tamil
Nadu
cricketer
to
play
100
Ranji
Trophy
games
for
the
state
and
in
his
15-year-career,
scored
8700
runs
from
139
games
with
27
hundreds
and
an
average
of
51
plus.

“Sreedharan
Sharath’s
name
has
been
short-listed.
He
was
a
big
name
in
domestic
cricket
and
possibly
as
per
criteria,
would
be
head
of
selection
committee,”
a
BCCI
source
told
PTI
on
conditions
of
anonymity.

“Sodhi,
Mohan
and
Bose
have
been
shortlisted
to
be
appointed
from
their
respective
zones
as
of
now.”
The
previous
committee
headed
by
Kapoor
(South)
also
had
Debasish
Mohanty
(East,
now
senior
selector),
Gyanendra
Pandey
(central),
Rakesh
Parikh
(west)
and
Amit
Sharma
(north).