News Byte

GCA NEWS BYTES GCA secretary has been appointed as convenor of the Ranji and U25 team, Manohar Pango Nai has been appointed convenor of the U23 selection committee and Desh Kinlekar as convenor of the U19 team. Daya Pagi has been named convenor of the U16 selection committee and Shrikrishna Tari of the U14 selection committee. Veena Phadte is the convenor of the senior and junior women selection committee. Suresh Mahdevan has been appointed as in-charge of all Goa teams and coaches for the forthcoming cricket season. Former Ranji Trophy assistant manager Prakash Mayekar has been elevated as coach of the Ranji team. Vinod Dhamaskar has been appointed coach of the U19 team while C Ashok has been appointed as coach of the U16 team. The following are the committee released by GCA on Monday: Senior selection committee: Sharad Pednekar (chairman); Rajesh Ghodge, Chandra Tendulkar, Girish Parekh, Subhash Kangralkar (all members). Under-25 selection committee: Emanual Sanches (chairman); Nizam Sayed, Nityanand Bhonsle, Sameer Chodankar, Chandrashekhar Kothambikar, Sandeep Sawant (All members) Under-23 selection committee: Sandeep Shignapurkar (chairman); Ramchandra Mahadeshwar, Shailesh Borkar, Bipin Mangueshkar, Nilesh Chodankar, Pandhari Gawas (all members). Under-19 selection committee: Vinay Palyekar (chairman), Yatish Sawkar, Tulshidas Shetye, Girish Bhandari, Sachin Sardesai, Rupesh Naik (all members) Under-16 selection committee: Seby Fernandes (chairman); Nitin Ghaisas, Damodar Deulkar, Shailendra Naik, Subhash Phadte, Manish M Naik (all members) Under-14 selection committee: Paresh Miskin (chairman)); Marwin Carvalho, Sarvanand Canconkar, Rupal Shinare, Suraj Canconkar,Vishant Gaonkar, Sanjay Dhamsekar (all members) Women (senior/junior): Anita Kakode (chairperson); Anuja Gaunekar, Ravini Daure, Shilpa Gawas (all members)