His career ended at the age of 20, now he will decide the fate of Team India players, BCCI made a big announcement

The new selector of Team India has been announced. BCCI has included former wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra in the men's selection committee. BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee decided on Tuesday that Ajay Ratra will be the new member of Team India's selection committee. He will now select Team India along with Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar. Ajay Ratra has replaced Salil Ankola.

Ajay Ratra has good experience in international cricket as well as domestic cricket. He has been the head coach of Assam, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. He has also worked with Team India in 2023. He was on the coaching staff of Team India in the ODI series against South Africa.

Ajay Ratra's Career

Ajay Ratra made his ODI debut for Team India on 19 January 2002, he played his first match against England. He played his first Test match against West Indies on 19 April. However, Ratra's international career ended in just 9 months. Ajay Ratra scored 163 runs in 6 Tests at an average of 18.11 and scored a century. He scored a Test century at the age of 20 and became the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test century for India. Apart from this, Ratra played 12 matches in ODI cricket and he could score only 90 runs in these matches. Ajay Ratra's international career ended at the age of just 20.

An injury ended Ajay Ratra's career

Ajay Ratra was injured in 2002 after which he was out of Team India. He was replaced by Parthiv Patel and he became the youngest cricketer in Test cricket. Ratra could never return to Team India after this. After Parthiv, Dinesh Karthik and then MS Dhoni made their place in the team and Ratra's career was limited to only 18 international matches.