“The present committee is permitted as an exception to make the selections indicated. Going forward, it will have to be strictly in terms of the Supreme Court judgement,” Lodha Committee secretary Gopal Sankaranarayanan said in an email reply to Johri ahead of the team selection.
With all office-bearers disqualified to convene the meeting, Johri was allowed to do that in a one-off case.
The BCCI had announced the new panel in September, with its now sacked president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke defying the court’s orders.
Chairman MSK Prasad, Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh – all former Test players – meet the eligibility criteria set by the Lodha Committee while Khoda and Paranjpe have only played two and four ODIs, respectively.
The BCCI finds itself in a crisis following the Supreme Court order on January 2. Besides sacking Thakur and Shirke, the apex court directed all office bearers of BCCI and state associations to give an undertaking that they will abide by the recommendations of the Lodha panel.
The recommendations have rendered most of the office-bearers ineligible to continue in their respective roles.
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