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A very big and interesting news is coming out from the corridors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is related to the upcoming international tours and team selection. The Indian cricket team has to go on a long and challenging tour to New Zealand in the coming days, for which the team selection process has now reached its final stage. According to media reports, in the coming week the National Selection Committee of BCCI is going to officially announce the Indian Test, ODI and T20 squad for the New Zealand tour. This time’s selection is going to be very special in many ways because after the end of the tenure of former chief selector Ajit Agarkar, now the command of the selection committee has been handed over to a new face. Former Indian team legend and brilliant left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been given the responsibility of interim chief selector, and the four-member selection committee led by him will decide the fate of the players for the upcoming series against New Zealand.
Ajit Agarkar’s tenure ends, Pragyan Ojha becomes interim head of selection committee
A major change has been seen in the selectors’ committee in Indian cricket when the tenure of Ajit Agarkar, who was serving as the chief selector, has officially completed. After his departure, BCCI has given a big responsibility to former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha to keep the system running with immediate effect. Pragyan Ojha is now taking charge as the interim head of the current four-member selection committee and the first and biggest challenge before him is to select a balanced, strong and winning Indian team for the New Zealand tour. This administrative role is being considered very important for Ojha, who used to hit sixes from the opposition batsmen with his magical spin during his international career, because there are talks of promoting him full-time on this post in the coming time. His new tenure is going to start with this tough tour of New Zealand, on which all the cricket lovers and experts across the country are keeping a close eye.
New Zealand tour will start at the end of October, exciting matches will be played in many formats
The schedule of this upcoming New Zealand tour of the Indian team is going to be very long and busy, which is going to start from the end of this month i.e. from 22nd October and this tour will continue till around 27th November. During this month-long tour, the Indian team will play a total of five-match T20 International series, an exciting five-match ODI series and two important Test match series against the hosting Kiwi team. Since the team’s combination is being prepared keeping in mind the World Cup and other big ICC trophies in the coming times, this tour is considered very important for the selection committee. Especially in the ODI and Test formats, there is every possibility of getting a chance for those players who have been staking their claim for a long time by consistently performing well in tournaments like domestic cricket and Irani Cup. The selection committee wants to ensure that the team has an excellent balance of experience and youthful energy so that the Indian team can maintain its dominance on foreign soil.
Eyes fixed on the availability of senior players and opportunities for new faces
This time, the biggest task before Pragyan Ojha and his selection committee will be to maintain the balance of right players in the team, because the intention of the captain and the team management has been clear that the services of all the key and senior players should be available on important tours. Along with this, fast bowlers like Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep, who created a stir with their bowling in the domestic circuit, are also being said to have a strong possibility of being included in the Test or limited overs squad for foreign tours this time. The selection committee meeting is going to be held in the next few days, in which there will be a long consultation on the names of the players between head coach Gautam Gambhir and interim head Pragyan Ojha. Cricket fans are very curious to see which young players Pragyan Ojha, in his first big decision as the new interim chief selector, gives luck to and who has to find a way out of the team. This announcement to be made in the coming week will prove to be an important milestone in deciding the future direction and condition of Indian cricket.