The BCCI may announce a new chief selector soon, with the former all-rounder's name at the forefront

Chetan Sharma, the chief selector of Team India, resigned from his post a few months ago. Following his resignation, Shiv Sunder Das is taking over as BCCI's interim chief selector. However, BCCI is likely to announce the name of the new chief selector soon. Ajit Agarkar's name is leading in the race for chief selector.

Virender Sehwag denied the talk

Former Indian all-rounder Ajit Agarkar may take over as chief selector. Ajit Agarkar's name is leading in the race for the post of Team India's chief selector. Currently Shiv Sunder Das is holding the charge of interim chief selector of BCCI but BCCI may announce a new chief selector soon. It was only a few days ago that news surfaced that Virender Sehwag had been approached for the new chief selector but the former opener categorically denied this.

Ajit Agarkar's claim is the strongest!

According to sources, former Indian all-rounder Ajit Agarkar is the strongest contender in the race for the new BCCI chief selector. He is ahead in this race. Although there is no official statement regarding this yet, Ajit Agarkar is almost certain to be the chief selector. On the other hand, if we look at the career of Ajit Agarkar, this player has represented India in 26 Test matches, 191 ODIs and 4 T20 matches. Apart from this he has played 42 matches of IPL.

Ajit Agarkar's Career

Ajit Agarkar has 59 wickets in 26 Test matches. While this player has taken 288 wickets in 191 ODIs. Apart from this, he took 3 wickets in 4 international T20 matches. While Ajit Agarkar dismissed 29 batsmen in 42 matches of IPL. On the other hand, talking about Ajit Agarkar's batting in the Test format, this player scored 571 runs at an average of 16.79. While in 191 ODIs, he added 1269 runs at an average of 14.59. Ajit Agarkar has been part of the coaching team of Delhi Capitals in IPL.