The Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) had asked a rather common question for the potential national selectors: “What will be your call on Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future with the Indian team?” Five candidates — Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Venkatesh Prasad, Rajesh Chauhan, Sunil Joshi and Harvinder Singh comprised committee was asked a common question on former India captain MS Dhoni, who has been out of the action since the World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand in July in the UK. However, the former skipper is all set to lead Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming Indian Premier League which will begin from March 29.

“Yes, the CAC had one common question and that was about their call with regards to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and whether they will select him for T20 World Cup,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.

Meanwhile, Joshi and Harvinder were named the two new selectors in the five-member panel recently and it can be understood that the new BCCI regime wants the selection committee to have a clear idea on MS Dhoni and his international future.

“Dhoni is both a sensitive and tricky issue and that’s why the question needed to be asked,” the source added.

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Along with this, a few of the candidates were also asked whether they are “only looking at the chairman’s post” or they are happy to become just a selector in the panel. While Sivaramakrishnan was a strong candidate for the post, it is learnt that CAC was not sure if he would have been ready to do the job as a selector under the chairman.

As pointed out by Madan Lal himself, Joshi did not have any problem working with anyone else at the higher post. A shuffle in the selection panel although is due in September when the tenure of Jatin Paranjpe, Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh will end.

“We liked his straight forward attitude,” Lal said after the interviews in Mumbai.