Former Indian Spinner Pragyan Ojha In Line To Become National Selector: Reports

As per recent reports in Times of India, former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha is likely to become a national selector and join the Ajit Agarkar-led national selection committee. The development comes a day after Agarkar’s contract was extended till June 2026.

The BCCI is reportedly happy with how Agarkar has operated as the national selector. The T20 World Cup 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy success in 2025 has further enhanced his reputation as the chairman of selectors.

The men’s selection committee currently comprises of chief selector Ajit Agarkar, SS Das, Subroto Banerjee, Ajay Ratra and S Sharath. TOI reported that Pragyan Ojha is likely to replace S Sharath, who is set to become the junior national chief selector again, a post that he held before 2023.

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Pragyan Ojha Likely To Replace S Sharath

The BCCI in the meantime, has invited applications for the post of national selector and outlined the criteria for selection.

“The BCCI will be calling for fresh applications going ahead. However, it is unclear whether the board will retain Das and Banerjee. The board is reportedly pleased with the current bunch and only one potential change could be made to the panel,” the report stated.

The applications are open for two positions as national selector with BCCI specifying the selection criteria. The ones applying should have played atleast seven Test matches of 30-first-class matches or 10 ODIs or 20 first-class matches.

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BCCI Praise Agarkar's Work As Chairman Of Selectors

Previously a BCCI official praised Ajit Agarkar for the work that he has done as the Chairman of Selectors with a special mention of India’s T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy victories.

“Under his tenure the Indian team had won titles and had seen transition (of the Tests and T20) too. The BCCI had extended his contract till June 2026 and he had accepted the offer a few months back,” a BCCI official told the publication.

Meanwhile, Agarkar has been under fire in recent times for excluding Shreyas Iyer from India’s Asia Cup 2025 squad that was named on August 19.

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