Brijesh Patel, 49, has succeeded Chandu Borde as chairman of India's selection committee, with four new faces joining him on a new-look panel. Patel, who has not previously been a national selector, played 21 Tests for India between 1974 and 1977. He was a dashing middle-order batsman who averaged 29.45, and he made one century - 115 not out against West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1975-76.

He will be joined on the selection panel by three former internationals - Kirti Azad, Kiran More and Pranab Roy - and Sanjay Jagdale, an offspinning allrounder for Madhya Pradesh in the 1970s, who is the only surviving member from the previous selection panel.

Azad, a member of India's World Cup-winning squad in 1983, played seven Tests before retiring five years later to pursue a career in politics. More was India's first-choice wicketkeeper for 49 Tests between 1986 and 1993, while Roy, the son of Pankaj, played two Tests on tour in England in 1982.

Madan Lal, Ashok Malhotra and Shivlal Yadav were all voted off the selection committee. Meanwhile Jagmohan Dalmiya was re-elected as president of the BCCI, while Karunakaran Nair took over as secretary from Niranjan Shah.

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