If the BCCI desires a participant of stature as chief selector, then pay as a lot as head coach will get: Harbhajan Singh

To have a former cricketer of stature because the chief nationwide selector of the lads’s workforce, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be prepared to pay handsomely,” former India off-spinner Habhajan Singh stated throughout an Idea Exchange session of The Indian Express.

With high former cricketers being on commentary panels of broadcasters, the chief selector’s function isn’t profitable sufficient,” Harbhajan felt.

“A person with stature, one which has performed the sport very often, will remedy quite a lot of points on the selector degree. But why wouldn’t they take up the chance? I’ll give the instance of Virender Sehwag. If you ask Virender Sehwag to develop into the chief selector, then the wage of that publish must be analysed. I don’t know the way a lot the chief selector in India earns, but when Sehwag is in commentary or in different companies round cricket, then it’s probably he’s incomes extra money. If you need Sehwag, a participant with stature, for the chief selector’s job, then spending cash needs to be key. If you don’t spend cash, then you’ll have to select selectors from gamers who might have solely performed a 12 months and won’t be that massive a reputation. If a person like Rahul Dravid is made the coach, then the chief selector should have the identical stature as effectively – jiski awaaz mein dum ho, jiske wajood mein dum ho (whose voice and stature carry weight).

The chief selector of the senior males’s workforce is paid Rs 1 crore each year and the opposite members of the choice panel Rs 90 lakhs, whereas head coach Rahul Dravid is reportedly paid over Rs 7 crore.

The present choice committee for the senior males’s workforce is and not using a chairman after former quick bowler Chetan Sharma was on the centre of a sting operation and subsequently resigned.

When requested if he could be open to being chief selector if provided the publish, Harbhajan stated that it trusted pay parity with the nationwide coach.

“Let’s see. If things shape up moving forward, and coach and selector are equally paid, then why not? The job of the coach is to stay with the team and plan around the team. But team selection is also an equally important job. You have to pick and select the best players and if you don’t select players that are needed by the coach or captain, then the chief selector’s position doesn’t have value.”