Shillong, Nov 11: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has washed its hand off the appointment of Rayonald Kharkamni as convenor of North East Zone’s women cricket selection committee.
Kharkamni, who has been sacked from his post as honorary secretary of Meghalaya Cricket Association (MCA), was recently made convener of the North East Zone selection committee for the BCCI Senior Women’s T20 Inter-Zonal Tournament which will be held in Guwahati from November 24 to December 4.
The North East Zone comprises of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. As zonal convener, Kharkamni has power to nominate the coach, manager and support staff of the women’s team from this zone.
However, BCCI secretary Debojit Saikia in his interaction with PTI clarified that BCCI never appoint zonal selection committee member or zonal committee member.
Stating that the appointment of Kharkamni may have been done by any of the state cricket associations of the five states of the North East Zone, Saikia said that since the Meghalaya High Court has rejected Kharkamni’s plea challenging his suspension from his post in the MCA, “it is the duty of MCA to withdraw him.”
