Pragyan Ojha reportedly leads selectors on interim basis

Pragyan Ojha is reportedly leading India’s senior selection committee on an interim basis after Ajit Agarkar was absent from a meeting in Guwahati, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India prepares to decide who will fill the position permanently. The BCCI has not announced a permanent successor, and the reports do not cite a formal board notice appointing Ojha to the temporary role. Ojha, a former India left-arm spinner who played 24 Tests, was among four selectors who met head coach Gautam Gambhir in Guwahati on Tuesday, September 29, ahead of the second one-day international against the West Indies. The other selectors identified in the reports were Shiv Sundar Das, Ajay Ratra and R. P. Singh. Agarkar was not at the meeting. Agarkar’s contract as chief selector is reported to end on October 4. One account said he told the BCCI on September 18 that he would not renew, but the supplied reports do not include a direct statement from Agarkar or a board record confirming that decision. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said the board would decide on the vacancy after October 4 and announce its decision publicly.