One of the most serious criticisms levelled at the BCCI in recent years has been its inability to enlist big names as members of the selection panel. Chetan Sharma, Suni Joshi, and MSK Prasad were India\u2019s last three chairman of selectors, with a total of 44 Tests. That is rather low given Indian cricket\u2019s rich history and the high stakes involved in each of its matches.<\/p>\n
Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh stated that one of the main reasons noted former cricketers avoid the selection panel and prefer to work as broadcasters is a lack of a lucrative salary. To back up his claims, Harbhajan cited former India opener Virender Sehwag.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you ask Virender Sehwag to become the chief selector, then the salary of that post needs to be analysed. I don\u2019t know how much the chief selector in India earns, but if Sehwag is in commentary or in other businesses around cricket, then it\u2019s likely he is earning more money. If you want Sehwag, a player with stature, for the chief selector\u2019s job, then spending money has to be key. If you don\u2019t spend money, then you will have to choose selectors from players who may have only played a year and might not be that big a name. If a man like Rahul Dravid is made the coach, then the chief selector must have the same stature as well \u2014 jiski awaaz mein dum ho, jiske wajood mein dum ho (whose voice and stature carry weight),\u201d he told The Indian Express.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most serious criticisms levelled at the BCCI in recent years has been its inability to enlist big\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3318,99],"class_list":["post-5626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-chetan-sharma","tag-harbhajan-singh"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}