Today is a critical day in Indian cricket as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) picks the national selectors.
Natural progression means Mohinder ‘Jimmy’ Amarnath takes over as chairman of the panel from Krishnamachari Srikkanth, but stranger things have transpired at BCCI Annual General Meetings.

There is a tinge of grey hanging over Amarnath’s promotion — the chances of being beaten by a stronger recommendation from the North Zone and the fact that he lives in Goa, not exactly a cricketing hub. The wisdom of having someone as accomplished as Amarnath should override those two factors. He won’t be as media savvy and expressive and as his predecessor Srikkanth, who has been seen on national television telling a reporter, “boss, you just shut up now.”