On Monday, the BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly revealed that the Indian squad for the ODI series against South Africa will be selected by the revamped selection committee with a new chairman. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Ajit Agarkar, Rajesh Chauhan, and Venkatesh Prasad are the frontrunner to replace outgoing chairman MSK Prasad (South zone) and Gagan Khoda (Central zone) in the five-member panel.

Ganguly said, “The Test squad for New Zealand has already been picked by the old committee and new committee’s first meeting will be held before home ODI series against South Africa. The interviews for short-listed candidates will happen soon.”

The BCCI President also informed that while Madan Lal and Sulakshana Naik are the members of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), Gautam Gambhir is being replaced as he can not hold any position being a Member of Parliament.

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Meanwhile, the BCCI President also explained that the flamboyant Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has still not attained match fitness after his back surgery. He said that the all-rounder can’t play right now and it will take some time before he gets fit. Hardik had recently failed the fitness test in his bid to make a national come back.

Pandya’s trainer S Rajnikant had claimed that Pandya can pass YoYo Test, it is understood that the Baroda all-rounder is nowhere close to attaining international match fitness in the near future.

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Pandya, who had recently failed a fitness test, has not been considered for India’s tour of New Zealand. It is understood that Hardik is yet to be fit for competitive cricket and will now have to play at least one domestic game for Baroda before being considered for a national comeback.