The BCCI is all set to appoint World Cup winning former India cricketers Madan Lal and Gautam Gambhir as members of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which will pick selection committees for the next four-year cycle. The third member of the panel is likely to be Mumbai-based woman international Sulakshana Naik.

Talking about the same to PTI, a senior BCCI official said, “Madan Lal and Gautam Gambhir are all set to be the CAC members.”

Hero of 1983 World Cup winning Team India, Lal, by virtue of being the senior-most member will be expected to lead the panel while 2011 World Cup hero Gambhir will assist him along with the third member.

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Commenting on the same, Madan Lal said, “I don’t know if it’s fair on my part to make a formal comment or not as BCCI has not announced.” 

Lal played 39 Tests and 67 ODIs between 1974 and 1987 with three wickets in the 83 World Cup final is the highlight of his career.

Asked about the Conflict of Interest clause since he has a contract with a TV channel as cricket expert, the former India all-rounder said, “Let me first get my appointment letter and obviously there will be terms of reference and guidelines.”

A source close to the all-rounder confirmed that he was approached by the BCCI for the role and he has accepted the offer.

The source further added, “Yes, they did ask Madan for his consent and he had told them it will be an honor to be on CAC. It doesn’t matter if it’s one meeting or half a meeting.”

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In all likelihood, the committee will meet just once as only two changes are required in the senior selection committee. The committee has to find replacements of outgoing chairman MSK Prasad (South) and Gagan Khoda (Central). Sarandeep Singh (North), Devang Gandhi (East) and Jatin Paranjpe (West) still have a year left in their respective four-year terms.

There will also be changes in the junior selection panel.