Atul wassan: Cricket News & Match Updates

Around 16 candidates who have applied for the posts of selectors and support staff of various Delhi teams were interviewed on Thursday, but an upper age rule of 60 years for selectors became a bone of contention. This rule is not mentioned in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) constitution, though one of its articles does say that the association would follow the Indian cricket board's constitution.

The constitution of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is based on the Lodha Committee's recommendations made to the Supreme Court, which has approved the current constitution and wants all of BCCI's affiliates to follow the same. The BCCI constitution limits administrators' age (70 years) and tenure (nine years at the BCCI and nine at its affiliates). But the 60-year limit for selectors is neither mentioned in the BCCI constitution, nor in the DDCA's.   Read More...