Jatin Paranjape and Gagan Khoda set to be removed as selectors

Jatin Paranjape and Gagan Khoda are set to be removed from the BCCI senior selection panel after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was clearly told to trim to the panel to three members in place of five, as recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee

Jatin Paranjape

New Delhi: Jatin Paranjape and Gagan Khoda are set to be removed from the BCCI senior selection panel after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was clearly told to trim to the panel to three members in place of five, as recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee.

As per the Lodha recommendations that have been approved by the apex court, senior selection committee was supposed to be a three-member team comprising Test players.

However, amid the administrative crisis, the BCCI went ahead with the selection committee meet for the England series on Friday with five members including Paranjape and Khoda, who have not played Test cricket.

As it turns out, the Lodha committee had made an exception in the current circumstances and from next time onwards, a three-member panel will select the Indian team.

The panel will next meet to pick the squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, scheduled from February 8-12. "The present Committee is permitted as an exception to make the selections indicated. Going forward, it will have to be strictly in terms of the Supreme Court judgement," Lodha panel secretary Gopal Sankaranarayanan said in an email reply to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri ahead of the team selection on Friday.

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