All members of Mumbai senior cricket selection panel resign

Press Trust of India  |  Mumbai 

All members of Mumbai's senior selection committeehave resigned, it was learnt, a few hours before the Cricket Association's (MCA) ad-hoc committee met here Friday.

The committee was headed by former pacer Ajit Agarkar and also comprised former spinner Nilesh Kulkarni, and

All the four members had sent in their resignations in the afternoon Friday, according to sources.

Incidentally, the selectors have resigned a day after the conclusion of the domestic season after the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy ended Thursday night in

The selectors were under pressure after a Special General Meeting of the member units had passed a resolution to sack them.

The matter had then come up to the Cricket Improvement Committee which backed the selectors.

It is understood that the current ad hoc committee took a legal opinion on the issue before it met.

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First Published: Fri, March 15 2019. 20:15 IST