Nearly two months after the BCCI called for applications to form a new national senior selection committee, the BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) reappointed former pacer Chetan Sharma as chairman of a new senior selection committee with Sridharan Sharath (South Zone), Subroto Banerjee (East Zone), Salil Ankola (West Zone) and SS Das (Central Zone) as his colleagues.  

Interestingly, the BCCI indicated that there were vacancies to be filled for all five posts. Hence, Chetan’s selection appears strange at a time when Indian cricket at the Test level has not reached great heights and the biggest on-hand challenge for the side is the forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy for which the Australians will visit these shores.