Qualification norms for selectors in the new selection panel

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With doubts lingering on whether Jagmohan Dalmiya, the new Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, would attend the BCCI's working committee meeting tomorrow, the focus now shifts to discussions on fresh qualification norms to pick the new selection panel. More... BCCI's working committee meeting Qualification norms for selectors to be discussed Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai August 22, 2008 The working committee's agenda Approve the draft of the annual report of BCCI workings in 2007-08 Approve the budget for 2008-09 Approve audited statement of accounts for the last calendar year Finalise the agenda and date for AGM Discuss norms to pick new selection panel With doubts lingering on whether Jagmohan Dalmiya, the new Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, would attend the BCCI's working committee meeting tomorrow, the focus now shifts to discussions on fresh qualification norms to pick the new selection panel. It's learnt that Dalmiya, who staged a comeback to cricket administration with a West Bengal election win last month after being ousted from the BCCI in 2006, will send one of his joint secretaries instead. In the event, the new selection norms are expected to be the key subject of debate tomorrow, apart from a review of the Indian board's accounts for the last calendar year, its budget for the next year, and the agenda and dates for its annual general meeting (AGM) next month. After the 2007 AGM, the board had decided to constitute a paid selection panel from September 2008. Some of the members' term in the present selection panel, chaired by Dilip Vengsarkar, comes to end on September 30. Even then the working committee had debated on putting into place a centralised selection system where a selector needed to fulfill certain criteria. The proposal was that the senior selectors should have played at least five Tests or 50 first-class matches and the junior selectors a minimum of 25 first-class games and should not be members of any association's managing committee. That proposal never got passed as the board decided to do away with the eligibility criteria and allowed the selectors to be part of the managing committees of their respective associations. It said that the working committee could lay down the criteria whenever it needed to without making it part of the constitution. In the past there was also a proposal to appoint a centralised selection panel comprising three selectors based on certain qualifications instead of picking one from each zone, but there was no consensus then and it seems highly unlikely that proposal will see the light of the day even now. But some of the members on the committee feel it is time to once again have a debate on the issue. "Without changing the original system of allowing one selector to be nominated from each of the five zones in the country the board wants to revamp the process by which a selector is picked", a BCCI official pointed out.

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Working committee recommends paid selectors The BCCI working committee, which met today, has proposed to pay an annual sum of Rs 25 lakh to each selector, making the job a fully paid one instead of the existing honorary system . More... BCCI working committee meeting Working committee recommends paid selectors Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai August 23, 2008 Recommendations for senior selection committee *Those who have played for India, or those who have played more than 25 first-class matches, will be considered for appointment. *While appointing a senior selector, care will be taken to ensure that he should have retired at least ten years ago *The selector will be paid an annual honorarium of Rs 25 lakhs *The selector will not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units In a move towards professionalising the selection set-up in India, the BCCI working committee has proposed several changes to the existing system. The most important recommendation is to scrap the existing honorary set-up, and pay each selector Rs 25 lakh per annum (approx. US$ 57,700). The working committee also proposed that a former player should have retired from international cricket at least ten years ago to qualify for the selector's job, and that he should not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units. All proposals, though, are subject to ratification at the board's annual general meeting (AGM) on September 27 and 28 in Mumbai. Currently, selectors are chosen on an honorary basis and only get a travel and dearness allowance, while many of them are also office bearers of the BCCI or other affiliated bodies. Explaining the rationale behind the proposal that former players be retired for at least ten years, Rajiv Shukla, one of the BCCI vice-presidents, said: "We do not want a player to become a selector as soon he retires. We don't want them to be biased as they are the contemporaries [of players who might still be in the team]." Applying these criteria to the present batch of selectors only one member, Bhupinder Singh, qualifies for the new panel. Dilip Vengsarkar, the present chairman of selectors, is the vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association; Ranjib Biswal, the East Zone selector, is president of the Orissa Cricket Association; Venkatapathy Raju, the South Zone member on the panel, played his final international game in India's historic triumph against Australia in 2001 at the Eden Gardens; and Sanjay Jagdale holds the secretary's post at the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. He has also served for seven years on the national selection panel and can't be nominated once again as a representative from the Central Zone. Only Bhupinder, who played three one-dayers in the 1990s, is eligible to serve another term on the national panel but that will happen if his zonal committee, North, nominates him as the representative for another term. The selectors, though, weren't perturbed by these proposals. One of the members on the panel, which met minutes after the working committee meeting ended to pick the India A squad for the first two matches of the home series against Australia A, said: "This is just a proposal which needs to be discussed again and ratified at the AGM." If the new norms do get ratified next month, an almost new-look selection panel will pick the squad for the Test series against Australia, which starts in October. Recommendations for junior selection committee (Men) *Only those who have played for India, or those who have played more than 25 first-class matches, will be considered for appointment. *Only those who have retired from first-class cricket at least five years ago will be considered. *The selector will be paid an annual honorarium of Rs 15 lakhs (US$ 34,618). *The selector will not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units. Recommendations for selection committee (Women) Only those who have played for India, or those who have played more than 25 first-class matches, will be considered for appointment. Only those who have retired from first-class cricket at least five years ago will be considered. The selector will be paid an annual honorarium of Rs 5 lakhs (US$ 11,540). The selector will not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units Monthy gratis scheme for women cricketers: Those who have played ten or more Tests will receive Rs 15,000 per month, and those who have played five-nine Tests will receive Rs 10,000 per month. The board has also decided to extend the monthly gratis scheme to the widows of Test umpires, as is being done presently in the case of the widows of deceased Test cricketers. Extending a helping hand to other sports: BCCI will contribute Rs 50 crore (US$ 11,539,350) to the National Sports Development Fund to participate in the development and promotion of other sports. Individual cash prizes announced for Abhinav Bindra (Shooting): Rs. 25 lakhs; Sushil Kumar (Wrestling): Rs. 10 lakhs (US$ 23,000); Vijender Kumar (Boxing): Rs. 10 lakhs. BCCI will set up a cricket academy for youngsters in the north-eastern states.

[Online]

I thought they were paid already ?

[Desi Cartman]

I thought they were paid already ?

yes but from now on it will be above the table :giggle:

[Sachinism]

yes but from now on it will be above the table :giggle:

:hysterical:

[Tapioca]

The selector will not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units

Authority without responsibility becomes an official policy :((

[Chandan]

Authority without responsibility becomes an official policy :((

No Tapioca. In fact it is more responsibility since a selector will only be a selector and not a vice president of some state association like Vengsarkar was, or cricket committee member of any of the Ranji teams etc. A selector will only be a selector as long as he is in that post and that disqualifies 4 members of the present selection panel as apart from Bhupinder Singh, everyone was representing their state association in some post or the other. This leads to bias in the selector as they'll try to promote players from their Ranji team or this what the working committee thought. Now nothing of that sort will happen or is supposed to happen. A selector will supposedly be more responsible since he is paid and will be freed up from any bias for any particular state association since he won't be representing any.

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BCCI chief to have final say in selectors' appointment In a sweeping change in the appointment of national selectors, the Cricket Board has decided to empower its president to have a final say in choosing the panel of selectors. More... BCCI chief to have final say in selectors' appointment August 28, 2008 16:19 IST In a sweeping change in the appointment of national selectors, the Cricket Board has decided to empower its president to have a final say in choosing the panel of selectors. The Board, in its recent Working Committe meeting in Mumbai, has decided to retain the five-member selection committee but, according to top sources, it will no longer be mandatory for the BCCI President to accept the nominees put up by the respective zones at the Annual General Meeting. "The age old system of the zonal representatives holding meetings on the eve of the Board's AGM to decide the name of selector from their respective zones has been done away with. From the coming AGM, the final decision on the appointment of national selectors will wrest with the BCCI President," a top source told PTI. "The zonal representatives have the liberty to suggest names but the President of the Board has the authority to accept or veto their decisions since the selectors become employees of the Board," the source said. This was done to make national senior and junior selectors more accountable in the selection of players that should reflect the positive results as India is co-hosting the 2011 World Cup.

[Chaos]

good atleast now we may see some less bull sheet from west zone (ie mumbai selectors).

[Dravid]

good atleast now we may see some less bull sheet from west zone (ie mumbai selectors).

do u read b4 replying?

"The zonal representatives have the liberty to suggest names but the President of the Board has the authority to accept or veto their decisions since the selectors become employees of the Board,"

wheres the pres. of bcci from?

[Chaos]

do u read b4 replying? wheres the pres. of bcci from?

if he is biased we will all know right? so we can replace him with new one next time, oh well, these idiots will never change, heck, even fineleg changed...

[beetle]

if he is biased we will all know right? so we can replace him with new one next time' date=' oh well, these idiots will never change, heck, even fineleg changed...[/quote'] No dear....we can't remove him.He is elected by the goons from these zones.As long as Pawar stays.....he will ensure west zone clowns get best posts and majority posts. So just forget it!