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The BCCI8217;s initial conditions that national selectors shouldn8217;t be writing columns in newspapers and magazines, that they shouldn8217;t be 8216;friends8217; with player-management companies and should refrain themselves from speaking to the media, all seem to be a thing of the past. Their latest prerequisite is that these selectors shouldn8217;t be acquainted with the players either.
In the board8217;s working committee meeting held on Saturday, it was decided to implement the criteria of appointing a former cricketer as national selector only after he has completed 10 years of retirement from all forms of the game.
8220;There have been lots of incidents where selectors have known players either because they have played together or were friends. But it isn8217;t very healthy,8221; BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said. 8220;It was decided to have some seniority between selectors and players,8221; BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla explained, while former chairman of selectors Kiran More said this was simply not feasible. 8220;Ten years is too long a gap. He would have lost touch with the game,8221; said More.
The committee also said that any senior selector should have played not less than 25 first class matches and should not be an office bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units. The selectors will also be offered an annual salary of Rs 25 lakhs, while junior selectors will get Rs 15 lakhs and women selectors Rs. 5 lakhs.
These decisions will be ratified in the board8217;s AGM to be held in September. The tenure of all five national selectors 8212; Dilip Vengsarkar West, Bhupinder Singh North, Ranjib Biswal East, Venkatapathy Raju South and Sanjay Jagdale Central 8212; will expire in September this year.
