MSK Prasad to head Selection Committee

Former wicket keeper MSK Prasad has been chosen to succeed Sandeep Patil as the chairman of India's selection panel. 
•    The decision was taken at the BCCI's 87th annual general meeting in Mumbai, after the board had invited applicants for the selection job for the first time.
•    Prasad had been part of the previous selection panel headed by Patil since November last year. 
•    Former off spinner Sarandeep Singh, and former batsmen Gagan Khoda, Devang Gandhi and Jatin Paranjpe were the other four selectors named in the five-member panel.
•    Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad was retained as chairman of the junior selection committee, which has Amit Sharma, Gyanendra Pandey and Ashish Kapoor as new members.
•    Ajay Shirke was unanimously elected BCCI secretary after being the only nominee for the post
•    Anurag Thakur will continue as BCCI's representative at the ICC and Asian Cricket Council, while Sharad Pawar will also continue as the alternate director at ICC meetings
•    The BCCI has approved possession of lands in Dharamasala and Bangalore as additional facilities for the NCA