Former India off-spinner Aashish Kapoor has been appointed chairman of the All-India Junior Selection Committee, the BCCI informed on Thursday.
Kapoor replaces ex-speedster Venkatesh Prasad, who in March, had tendered his resignation from the post of chairman, less than a month after the India won the U-19 World Cup.
Prasad, who had worked as the head of the junior national selection committee for 30 months, is said to have shared a cold relationship with the BCCI mandarins.
Kapoor has played four Tests and 17 ODIs for India, including the 1996 ICC World Cup. He has also played 128 first-class games and 93 List A matches.
Apart from Kapoor, the other two members of the selection panel include Gyanendra Pandey and Rakesh Parikh.
