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BCCI appoints former pacer Parvinder Awana as Junior Selection Committee chairperson

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 23 Oct 2026 1 hour ago

New Delhi: on Friday has named former India fast bowler Parvinder Awana as the chairperson of its Junior Selection Committee. Awana represented India in two T20I matches and played 62 First-Class games, picking up 191 wickets.

Awana also played for Delhi, India A and Rest of India during his career and also featured in the for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). After taking retirement, he transitioned into coaching, working with Delhi’s U16, U19 and U23 sides, India U19 and various BCCI and Centre of Excellence (COE) high-performance programmes.

“The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) conducted a selection process for the appointment of members to the Junior Cricket Committee. The CAC screened and interviewed applicants and, following the process, recommended the appointment of Parvinder Awana as Chairman, along with Krishna Das, Rakesh Patel and N. Arjun Yadav as members of the Committee,” BCCI said in a statement.

Krishna Das, former pacer who represented Assam and Goa, played 49 First-Class matches and picked up 166 wickets. He also featured for India U19 and India A before transitioning into coaching. He later served as the bowling coach of the India U19 side and the Uttarakhand Ranji Trophy team.

Rakesh Patel featured for Gujarat, Baroda and also represented India A. He also played in the Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and Irani Trophy. After taking retirement, Patel coached Baroda and Gujarat sides at the U19, U23 and senior levels. He was the head coach of the Baroda U23 side during the 2025-26 season.

N. Arjun Yadav featured for India A and played 83 First-Class matches. He was a member of India’s U19 World Cup-winning squad in 2000. After playing for Hyderabad, Yadav also transitioned to coaching and served as head coach of the Hyderabad senior and U23 sides. Yadav has also worked as a BCCI match referee since 2022. The BCCI further stated that the fifth member of the Junior Cricket Committee will be appointed shortly.

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