The new selector of Team India has been announced. BCCI has included former wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra in the men's selection committee. BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee on Tuesday decided that Ajay Ratra will be the new member of Team India's selection committee. Now he will select Team India along with Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar. Ajay Ratra has replaced Salil Ankola.
Ajay Ratra has good experience in international cricket as well as domestic cricket. He has been the head coach of Assam, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. He has also worked with Team India in 2023. He was in the coaching staff of Team India in the ODI series against South Africa.
Ajay Ratra made his ODI debut for Team India on 19 January 2022, playing the first match against England. He played his first Test match on 19 April against West Indies. However, Ratra's international career ended within 9 months. Ajay Ratra scored 163 runs at an average of 18.11 in 6 Tests and also scored a century with his bat.
Ajay Ratra became the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test century for India at the age of 20. Apart from this Ratra played 12 matches in ODI cricket and in these matches he could score only 90 runs. Ajay Ratra's international career ended at the age of just 20.
Ajay Ratra got injured in 2002 itself, after which he was left out of Team India. Parthiv Patel replaced him and became the youngest cricketer in Test cricket. Ratra never returned to Team India after this. After Parthiv, Dinesh Karthik and then MS Dhoni made way into the team and Ratra's career was limited to just 18 internationals.
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