She will now succeed Neetu David in the top job, with her tenure scheduled to begin after the 2025 Women\u2019s ODI World Cup is over. Amita will also be joined by Sulakshana Naik, Jaya Sharma and Sravanthi Naidu in the five-member panel alongside Shyama Dey Shaw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cRight now, with phone calls coming in from all quarters, it\u2019s a little bit tiring. So I will see what happens next. But the main thing is that, the chance of serving the Indian team again is a very proud moment for me. I just feel so good to be attached with the Indian team in some capacity,\u201d said Amita in an exclusive conversation with IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Amita comes into the national panel on the back of being the chairperson of the senior women\u2019s selection committee in Delhi, where the side managed to consistently be in knockouts stages of various competitions and even won the U23 Women\u2019s T20 Trophy in the previous season. During her tenure in Delhi, players like Priya Mishra and Pratika Rawal (before switching to Railways) made their way to the Indian team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI just feel that more importance needs to be given to talent and less towards the numbers side of things. If a kid is good, talented and going to be a very useful player in future, then an extra chance has to be given. So this is something I try to do. Obviously, the player who makes runs does get selected, but what I always strive to do is doing things a little differently as compared to others,\u201d she said about her style of selecting teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Amita comes into the national panel on the back of being the chairperson of the senior women\u2019s selection committee in Delhi, where the side managed to consistently be in knockouts stages of various competitions and even won the U23 Women\u2019s T20 Trophy in the previous season. During her tenure in Delhi, players like Priya Mishra and Pratika Rawal (before switching to Railways) made their way to the Indian team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
She signed off by being optimistic about Indian team\u2019s performance in the upcoming World Cup, when they begin their campaign against Sri Lanka in Guwahati on Tuesday. \u201cMy message for the Indian team is that, the way you are playing your cricket right now, just continue to play in that fashion. I will also be praying to God that the team does well and with all the positive vibes coming from them, I am sure they are going to do well in the competition.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n