Sandip Patil is new BCCI selection panel head

[Sidhoni]

Amarnath dropped from selection committee, Patil new head Source

Mohinder Amarnath, widely predicted to be the next chairman of selectors, has been dropped from the selection committee following its reconstitution on Thursday. Sandeep Patil, Amarnath's World Cup-winning team-mate, is the new chairman of selectors, and Vikram Rathour is his replacement from North Zone. Roger Binny from South Zone, Saba Karim from East Zone, and Rajinder Hans from Central Zone make up the rest of the committee. The decision was taken at the BCCI's 83rd AGM in Mumbai. Ever since Amarnath joined the committee last year, it was widely assumed that he would take over from outgoing chairman Kris Srikkanth, but there had been murmurs of a falling-out between Amarnath and the board. One of the reasons believed to be behind Amarnath's ouster is his being a resident of Mumbai; state associations from North Zone were reported to be unhappy because it prevented him from spending enough time watching young cricketers in the North Zone. The board chief, N Srinivasan, though, refused to divulge reasons for Amarnath's exclusion. He said that the contract of selectors is reviewed annually, and by no means was Amarnath assured a four-year term. "The term of the selector is maximum of four years, to be elected annually," Srinivasan said. "This is BCCI's decision, and that is not a subject of public discussion. The fact is, the BCCI possibly wanted a new-look selection committee, which is what they have [now]." Patil's name was a bit of a surprise because former India quick Abey Kuruvilla was considered a certainty from the West Zone. Srinivasan said the board felt a need for a big name as the chairman. "We wanted a person of sufficient stature, a tall man. I think he fits that need." Patil played 29 Tests and 45 ODIs for India in the 1980s, and was a middle-order stalwart for Mumbai. He has also coached India, Kenya and Oman, and was most recently chairman of India's National Cricket Academy. Srinivasan said Patil's name was not picked out of a hat overnight. "There is a process of consultation," he said. "We went through that consultation. It is not as if the process went on this morning only. The process has been on for some time. There has been extensive consultation among board members for some time." Besides Patil, three others on the new selection panel are also former India cricketers: Binny, a medium-pace bowling allrounder from Karnataka, was part of the 1983 World Cup-winning side; Karim, a wicketkeeper from Bihar who had a 19-year domestic career ending in 2001, played 34 ODIs for India; and Vikram Rathour, a Punjab opener was in the India side in the 1996-97 season, and was recently coach of Punjab in the Ranji Trophy, and part of the coaching set-up of Kings XI Punjab. Hans is the only one on the committee without international experience. He was a slow left-arm bowler from Uttar Pradesh, and also coached them to the Ranji title.

[CG]

One of the reasons believed to be behind Amarnath's ouster is his being a resident of Mumbai; state associations from North Zone were reported to be unhappy because it prevented him from spending enough time watching young cricketers in the North Zone. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[jf1gp_1]

Congratulation rohit sharma on making it to test side

[Magneto]

Are you a Rowdy Rathore fan? Sourav Ganguly!

:hmmmm2: No fan of Rathore, difficult to be a fan, just stating facts.

[achilles]

Politics in India is so dirty. Sheesh. Good for Jimmy that he got out of this fast. I'm sure the BCCI must've given another position to him.

[Crookbond]

:hmmmm2: No fan of Rathore, difficult to be a fan, just stating facts.

Ganguy for opening slot instead of Rathore.

[yoda]

Yet another 1983 WC winner selected as chairman. :hmmm:

Yes may be we will win another WC and get a chance to bash Sandip Patil after that. :winky: On a side note, I don't think Sandip Patil played in 83. Roger Binny did I think.

[Crookbond]

Yes may be we will win another WC and get a chance to bash Sandip Patil after that. :winky: On a side note, I don't think Sandip Patil played in 83. Roger Binny did I think.

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[Crookbond]

He played a magnificent innings in the semi final against England to win us that game. 7an6rRWatHY&feature=related

[Number]

Mohinder Amarnath had a tiff with Srikkanth as he wanted to replace (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni with (Virender) Sehwag (in the aftermath of India's row of eight Test defeats in England and Australia). As captain of Chennai Super Kings, Dhoni has the backing of the president (N Srinivasan)," an official of a BCCI affiliate said on condition of anonymity.

So that was the reason.

[PaceAttack]

Patil isn't a bad choice either. Coached Kenya team in the 2003 world cup and took them to semi final.

[PaceAttack]

Dhobi will be the captain even if he loses home series. We know how things work in Indian cricket. My Dad used to tell me that Amarnath is the bravest cricketer he has ever seen. Its good he is out of this selection ****.

[diga]

other changes - Chandrakant Pandit, a wicketkeeper-batsman who played for India between 1986 and 1992, was named chairman of the junior selection committee. - The AGM also decided to raise the selectors' annual remuneration from Rs 40 lakh to Rs 60 lakh, while for the junior selectors, it was raised from Rs 20 lakh to 40 lakh. - There is speculation that former stumper Kiran More, who rejoined the BCCI from the ICL fold, will be given the job of NCA director replacing Sandeep Patil ( Incidentally Patil, in fact, ended up rubbing BCCI the wrong way when he served as one of the coaches in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League. He cut ties with the rebel league in 2009.) - In another significant change, former skipper Anil Kumble replaced his predecessor Sourav Ganguly as the head of the BCCI's technical committee. - Board made a surplus of over Rs 382 crore in the last fiscal as compared to Rs 192 crore the previous year and the gross revenue was Rs 849 crore, as compared to Rs 581 crore the previous year. "During the year, the Board spent Rs 160 crore for infrastructure development (subsidy) as compared to Rs 130 crore the previous year."

[diga]

can a mod merge this thread with the other one on selectors?

[MUMBAISKIPPER]

Thank god.....Lungiwala Chennai ka Anna,Srikkanth is out :yay::yay:......Sandeep Patil as chief Selector....good selection

[Number]

Thank god.....Lungiwala Chennai ka Anna' date='Srikkanth is out :yay::yay:......Sandeep Patil as chief Selector....good selection[/quote'] Are you Wasim Jaffer ? :giggle:

[Magneto]

Ganguy for opening slot instead of Rathore.

In his first few games, he was slower than Rathore. Let me present some of Ganguly's initial scores: 46 in 83 balls 16 in 41 balls 54 in 104 balls 40 in 64 balls 38 in 79 balls These are some of his knocks in his first 12 innings. :cantstop: Rathore only played 7 innings. This is inadvertently becoming a Rathore appreciation thread - all I am trying to point out is most batsman of that time played quite slowly, and Rathore wasn't really an exception in that :giggle:

[Magneto]

Yes may be we will win another WC and get a chance to bash Sandip Patil after that. :winky: On a side note, I don't think Sandip Patil played in 83. Roger Binny did I think.

Kya Yoda, not expected from you! How can you forget the eleven of the 1983 World Cup? :wall: :wall: Patil was the 2nd highest scorer in the finals.

[Raghav_12]

Sacking of Mohinder Amarnath for questioning Dhoni's captaincy clearly exposes CSK-Srikanth-BCCI nexus that has ruled Indian cricket for sometime now. It's really unfortunate the way Amarnath has been asked to leave. It also raises suspicions about the plan which is in place to protect Dhoni's captaincy, at any cost and of which Dhoni could very well be a part of.

[vvvslaxman]

Patil is a good choice. One of my favorite player. Hope he doesn't start losing his way half way through his tenure like Cheeka. I don't want any bias in selection as it is a critical phase for India.