Dear Mr. N.Srinivasan,
The portentous time of appointing a new selection committee is nigh upon us and the unwelcome currents of sycophancy, currying favours, implicit threats, and intense lobbying for the very same coveted posts is permeating the already corrupted and convoluted atmosphere within the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.....
You can grab this golden opportunity and be a harbinger of change, nay the visionary who changed the manner in which Indian cricket was run if you adopt and implement a few well meaning yet far reaching changes in the manner in which the selection committee is appointed and also pay close attention to the personnel manning these career making or marring positions......
Take the first kid steps on this rather perilous path by putting an immediate end to this hackneyed and mush abused system of zonal selectors as this system has only caused confusion, consternation, led to zonal rather than country wide loyalties and fractured and fissured the selection committee from within more often than not......
Usher in a two tiered selection system wherein five zonal representatives are entrusted the onerous responsibility of watching every Ranji, and Duleep trophy match, fifty over and T 20 match at the zonal/state/district level and then submitting a comprehensive report listing the pros and cons of each selected player to the national Selection committee that would comprise of three illustrious cricketers who have done the country proud at the highest level........
The zonal or regional cricketers could be ex-first class cricketers who have either played fifty four/five day matches or then a hundred one-day matches for their state/zonal sides having achieved a modicum of distinction during their halycon days; the very same men should also be men of proven integrity who possess the required level of cricketing acumen; the national cricketers should be those illustrious sons of the soil who have represented the country with distinction in at least fifty test matches or a hundred one day internationals and those cricketers who have announced their retirement within a maximum period of twelve years from the date of constitution of the said committee....
These measures will not only usher in the much needed professionalism within the annals of the selection committee but also put paid to the nefarious designs
of those regional satraps who have dangled these plum positions as carrots before their dedicated legions of followers and sycophants.....
Pay the regional/zonal selectors an annual sum amounting to Rs.30 lakh in three quarterly payments apart from reimbursing their travel and lodging expenses; while paying the national selectors a sum of Rs.50 lakh and reimbursing their due expenses....
Also usher in a system of bonus payments wherein the zonal spotters and national selectors are entitled to a bonus not exceeding 10% of their total yearly emoluments on a series win against a higher ranked team/side and stand to loose the same amount in case of a loss against a higher or similarly ranked team; additions or deductions to the tune of 5% either way could be considered in the case of a win or loss against a lesser team/side.......
Kindly also do away with this hackneyed and illogical present system of only anointing those cricketers who have announced their retirements in the last five years or more as national selectors and reduce this period to a mandatory two year period in the best interests of Indian cricket.........
Do bite the bullet once and for all, introduce these much desired and long overdue changes in an outdated and cumbersome selection process that has already far outlived it's expiry date, empower the selectors with the necessary and much desired powers that enable them to take visionary and exemplary decisions and sit back and watch the men in blue annex every cricketing glory in the bargain.......
Don the visionaries hat and usher in these long overdue changes forthwith; here's wishing you godspeed and the much desired luck on this arduous path.....
Yours Faithfully,
A concerned Indian.....
The portentous time of appointing a new selection committee is nigh upon us and the unwelcome currents of sycophancy, currying favours, implicit threats, and intense lobbying for the very same coveted posts is permeating the already corrupted and convoluted atmosphere within the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.....
You can grab this golden opportunity and be a harbinger of change, nay the visionary who changed the manner in which Indian cricket was run if you adopt and implement a few well meaning yet far reaching changes in the manner in which the selection committee is appointed and also pay close attention to the personnel manning these career making or marring positions......
Take the first kid steps on this rather perilous path by putting an immediate end to this hackneyed and mush abused system of zonal selectors as this system has only caused confusion, consternation, led to zonal rather than country wide loyalties and fractured and fissured the selection committee from within more often than not......
Usher in a two tiered selection system wherein five zonal representatives are entrusted the onerous responsibility of watching every Ranji, and Duleep trophy match, fifty over and T 20 match at the zonal/state/district level and then submitting a comprehensive report listing the pros and cons of each selected player to the national Selection committee that would comprise of three illustrious cricketers who have done the country proud at the highest level........
The zonal or regional cricketers could be ex-first class cricketers who have either played fifty four/five day matches or then a hundred one-day matches for their state/zonal sides having achieved a modicum of distinction during their halycon days; the very same men should also be men of proven integrity who possess the required level of cricketing acumen; the national cricketers should be those illustrious sons of the soil who have represented the country with distinction in at least fifty test matches or a hundred one day internationals and those cricketers who have announced their retirement within a maximum period of twelve years from the date of constitution of the said committee....
These measures will not only usher in the much needed professionalism within the annals of the selection committee but also put paid to the nefarious designs
of those regional satraps who have dangled these plum positions as carrots before their dedicated legions of followers and sycophants.....
Pay the regional/zonal selectors an annual sum amounting to Rs.30 lakh in three quarterly payments apart from reimbursing their travel and lodging expenses; while paying the national selectors a sum of Rs.50 lakh and reimbursing their due expenses....
Also usher in a system of bonus payments wherein the zonal spotters and national selectors are entitled to a bonus not exceeding 10% of their total yearly emoluments on a series win against a higher ranked team/side and stand to loose the same amount in case of a loss against a higher or similarly ranked team; additions or deductions to the tune of 5% either way could be considered in the case of a win or loss against a lesser team/side.......
Kindly also do away with this hackneyed and illogical present system of only anointing those cricketers who have announced their retirements in the last five years or more as national selectors and reduce this period to a mandatory two year period in the best interests of Indian cricket.........
Do bite the bullet once and for all, introduce these much desired and long overdue changes in an outdated and cumbersome selection process that has already far outlived it's expiry date, empower the selectors with the necessary and much desired powers that enable them to take visionary and exemplary decisions and sit back and watch the men in blue annex every cricketing glory in the bargain.......
Don the visionaries hat and usher in these long overdue changes forthwith; here's wishing you godspeed and the much desired luck on this arduous path.....
Yours Faithfully,
A concerned Indian.....
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