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Inconsistencies and Zonal bias : What is the Selection process?


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How exactly does the selection process work? I always thought it was the captain asking the selection committee for certain types or players i.e. 'we need an off-spinner' or even suggesting a few players who they think would do well, but the final decision lays with the selection committee. Does it work differently to this?

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In India selectors have to take into account that they select equal amount of players from each region to satisfy all and also take religion into account. E.g. 2-3 Sikhs, 5-6 Hindus and 5-6 other religion players. So the answer to your question is NO, the captain has to accept the final decision and play with what he's been given. However in countries like Australia, the captain asks for certain types of players so that the desired results could be acheived. India however has different selection policies. And of course if you're related to certain people in the higher ranks then life is much more easier or if you can fund your selection ;-)

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In India selectors have to take into account that they select equal amount of players from each region to satisfy all and also take religion into account. E.g. 2-3 Sikhs' date= 5-6 Hindus and 5-6 other religion players. So the answer to your question is NO, the captain has to accept the final decision and play with what he's been given. However in countries like Australia, the captain asks for certain types of players so that the desired results could be acheived. India however has different selection policies. And of course if you're related to certain people in the higher ranks then life is much more easier or if you can fund your selection ;-)
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In India selectors have to take into account that they select equal amount of players from each region to satisfy all and also take religion into account. E.g. 2-3 Sikhs, 5-6 Hindus and 5-6 other religion players. So the answer to your question is NO, the captain has to accept the final decision and play with what he's been given. However in countries like Australia, the captain asks for certain types of players so that the desired results could be acheived. India however has different selection policies. And of course if you're related to certain people in the higher ranks then life is much more easier or if you can fund your selection ;-)
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++ There used to be a time when India had 5 selectors a.k.a the 5 Wise men - honorary positions with no salary - who would be from the different zones and picked people from their zones. This has changed now with there being 3 selectors with the selectors being paid a salary. They pick the team based on their 'experience' and of what they see in domestic cricket and the captain and the coach chose the final playing eleven. Captains and coaches do have some say in who gets picked in the squad, but I believe the selectors have the final say. This is ofcourse all theory and how it is supposed to work. In reality though, Indian selection processes have always been a mystery thats never been solved. High profile espionage cases have been less mysterious than the Indian selection processes of the yester years.
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++ There used to be a time when India had 5 selectors a.k.a the 5 Wise men - honorary positions with no salary - who would be from the different zones and picked people from their zones. This has changed now with there being 3 selectors with the selectors being paid a salary. They pick the team based on their 'experience' and of what they see in domestic cricket and the captain and the coach chose the final playing eleven. Captains and coaches do have some say in who gets picked in the squad, but I believe the selectors have the final say. This is ofcourse all theory and how it is supposed to work. In reality though, Indian selection processes have always been a mystery thats never been solved. High profile espionage cases have been less mysterious than the Indian selection processes of the yester years.
Really? Wonder which world you are living in. Selectors are certainly paid now, but we still have 5 selectors, each representing his zone. And those selectors have a duty towards their zone to lobby for the players from that zone. It is still the same. Nothing has changed. This is the new selection committee: Link
Srikkanth appointed chief selector, Yashpal makes a comeback September 27th, 2008 - Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) Former India captain Krish Srikkanth has replaced Dilip Vengsarkar as the chairman of the senior selection committee, the Indian cricket board announced after its Annual General Meeting here Saturday.Srikkanth, who was member of 1983 World Cup winning squad, will be joined by another World-Cup-winning stalwart Yashpal Sharma, for whom it will be a second stint as a selector from the North Zone. Sharma was unceremoniously removed from the selection committee when Sharad Pawar came to power three years ago. Former India leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani is the selector from the Central Zone, and Raja Venkat, a Bengal batsman who narrowly missed playing for India, is the East Zone man. Pune’s Surendra Bhave, a prolific scorer for Maharshtra, is the representative from the West. Bhave, too, failed to play for India, but he had turned out for India A in the 1990s. The selectors will now be paid Rs.2.5 million a year as compensation for forgoing their other sources of revenue like television appearances or writing newspaper columns. The names of the selectors were finalised at an informal meeting of the board members Friday afternoon but the formal announcement was made Saturday. Former India fast bowler Abey Kuruvilla was named the chairman of the junior selection committee. Senior selection committee: K. Srikkanth (chairman, South), Yashpal Sharma (North), Raja Venkat (East), Surendra Bhave (West), Narendra Hirwani (Central), N. Srinivasan (convenor). Junior selection committee: Abey Kuruvilla (chairman, West), Sanjeev Sharma (North), Sanjay Desai (South), Rajesh Borah (East), Rajinder Singh Hans (Central), Sanjay Jagdale (convenor).
Present selection committee : K. Srikkanth (chairman, South), Yashpal Sharma (North), Raja Venkat (East), Surendra Bhave (West), Narendra Hirwani (Central), N. Srinivasan (convenor).
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Really? Wonder which world you are living in. Selectors are certainly paid now' date=' [b']but we still have 5 selectors, each representing his zone. And those selectors have a duty towars their zone to lobby for the players from that zone. It is still the same. Nothing has changed.
:hmmm: Apologies, then. I stand corrected.
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Dhoni has asked the selectors to provide him with some raw pace attack, 2-3 guys who can deliver around 90-95 mph. But poor selectors keep thinking he means kph and keep providing him with people people like PK and co. Question: So indian bowlers are dropping their pace to increase accuracy since last few years but who exactly is accurate?

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Question: So indian bowlers are dropping their pace to increase accuracy since last few years but who exactly is accurate?
First they drop their pace to become accurate, but then they lose their accuracy too. So, they drop their pace even more :winky:
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Really? Wonder which world you are living in.
off topic: why are you so pissed off all the time? I totally appreciate your cricket knowledge and interest but just chilling out and taking it easy may help. just a suggestion. keep up the good work!
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off topic: why are you so pissed off all the time? I totally appreciate your cricket knowledge and interest but just chilling out and taking it easy may help. just a suggestion. keep up the good work!
Huh? What? There was no anger in that reply and why should there be anyway! I was really really surprised that an Indian cricket fan was not aware of what our selection committee is right now.
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Selectors at it again! This was our squad for 1st and 2nd ODI:

Squad: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi, Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra.
For the 3rd ODI:
M Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sudeep Tyagi, S Sreesanth, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ashish Nehra
Rightly so, SRT and Veeru were rested from the dead rubber but do you guys see a retarded policy that is being persisted by our selectors ? Without playing a single game Nayar was dropped from the 3rd ODI squad and the amongst the new face Rohit Sharma was brought into the squad :WTF:. It is guaranteed that Rohit won't be playing the 3rd ODI but why not give a chance to Nayar when you've included him in your initial squad. He had to be the very first candidate to replace any of our first choice players (either be it injured or rested or whatever it is). I don't think selectors have learnt the lesson after Test 1 debacle vs SA and are still picking a 14/15 men pool just for the sake of it.

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