Pragyan Ojha (Image credit: X)
So, the board will have to gauge the vision of the new selector,” a BCCI source said, adding, “With Laxman’s growing influence, the board may let things remain the way they are at present. ” According to sources, the BCCI prefers ‘big’ names with a considerable amount of international cricket behind them to take up important positions. Sources said that there’s a chance that the board will let Das continue till the World Cup. Parthiv’s decision to opt out has given rise to speculation that the head of the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), VVS Laxman , may have a greater say in selection affairs, with Pragyan Ojha continuing as the interim chairman of the selection committee. With the ODI World Cup less than a year away, will the BCCI choose to continue with the two? “BCCI would have preferred continuity with Agarkar staying on till the World Cup, but things didn’t go as expected. If a new chairman of selection committee comes in, there’s a chance his vision could be different from the ones working now. TOI has learnt that the board has become flexible in its pay policy to rope in the big names. The BCCI has to also deliberate if it wants to continue with SS Das as a selector since he will complete four years in the job in Dec.