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[caption id="attachment_3402" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Gagan Khoda, Jatin Paranjpe likely to be removed by BCCI. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: On the aftermath of the ongoing evisceration of the BCCI, it is likely that members of the National selection committee like Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe might face the axe when members meet at the SGM this Friday. The Lodha Panel has made a drastical change by dissolving the current hierarchy of the BCCI and wants all the decisions made by the BCCI to be declared Null, which were announced post July 18th. While there is a possibility that the entire selection committee may be overhauled but Khoda and Paranjpe’s ouster now looks imminent as their appointments were in direct violation of the Lodha Panel’s recommendations. Both Khoda (2 ODIs) and Paranjpe (4 ODIs) have never played Test cricket which the Lodha Panel made mandatory for appointment in senior selection panel which they wanted to be restricted to three members. While Khoda was from the earlier panel, Mumbai batsman Paranjpe was newly inducted in the panel during the BCCI AGM on September 21. The three others in the panel are MSK Prasad, Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh — all Test players but with collective experience of 13 matches in longest format. “It’s unlikely that Gagan and Jatin can be kept in selection panel. In any case, I don’t think BCCI is now in a position to get into further confrontation with apex court and it’s appointed panel,” a very senior BCCI office-bearer said. “If we remove Gagan and Jatin, it will in any case conform with panel’s guidelines of having three ex Test players as senior selectors. “We have a long home season and you don’t want a situation where you don’t have selectors going into ODIs followed by Test series against England and Australia.” Since the SC deadline for BCCI is October 6, the Special General Meeting scheduled on Friday in Mumbai bears a lot of significance. Since the panel had recommended in having ‘Talent Scouts’ who will help national selectors, there is a possibility that Khoda and Paranjpe could be offered ‘Scouts’ job who would be watching domestic matches. With inputs from PTI.