Pragyan Ojha Appointed Chairman Of Selectors As BCCI Names Ramesh Pawar As Ajit Agarkar’s Replacement

Ramesh Pawar has replaced Ajit Agarkar |courtesy – BCCI/AP

Ramesh Pawar has replaced Ajit Agarkar as the West Zone selector in the BCCI's five-member selection committee, but Pragyan Ojha will take charge as the chairman of the committee. Agarkar's tenure ended after three years in charge earlier this month.

Pawar joins Ojha, RP Singh, Shiv Sundar, and Ajay Ratra in the Indian Men's cricket team's selection committee. The announcement has come after the BCCI announced a vacancy earlier this month for a selector. All applicants were interviewed by BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), comprising of Ashok Malhotra and Jatin Paranjape.

Ojha has been named as the chairman of selectors since he has played the most number of Test matches in the panel. The left-spinner featured in 24 Test matches for India, while Das played 23 games in the longest format for India. Meanwhile, RP Singh played 14 Tests for India, while Ratra and Pawar featured in six and two games for the national team in red-ball cricket.

Ojha joined the committee in September 2025 alongside RP Singh, while Ratra had joined in 2024. Meanwhile, Das had joined at the same time as Agarkar in June 2023.

Pawar was an off-spinner…

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