Former East Zone national selector Raja Venkat agrees with the BCCI’s decision to invite applications for five posts to form the new selection committee.

The BCCI provided every indication that they were unhappy about the panel’s performance and Venkat, a member of the selection committee which picked the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team, felt the Chetan Sharma-led panel was not neutral in their decisions. “I’m not at all surprised about the BCCI’s decision. Chetan and his colleagues did not do justice to their role; didn’t provide any indication of a neutral mindset as far as selection went.