BCCI invites applications for vacant Men’s Selection Committee post; check job description, eligibility

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for the only vacant spot in the Indian cricket team's Men’s Selection Committee. Chetan Sharma, who was leading the five-member selection panel, resigned in February after a controversial sting operation conducted by Zee News which showed Mr. Sharma revealing classified selection matters.

"Select the Senior National Team for representation in Tests, One Day Internationals, Twenty/20 and any other format," the BCCI has mentioned in the role purpose section of the job description.

The Candidate applying should have played a minimum of seven Test matches, 30 first-class matches, 10 ODIs and 10 T20Is. He should also have retired from the game at least 5 years ago. No person who has been a member of any Cricket Committee (as defined in the Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations of BCCI) for a total of 5 years shall be eligible to be a member of Men’s Selection Committee.

All the applications should be submitted by June 30, 6 PM IST.

Post Sharma's resignation, former India opener Shiv Sunder Das, who has 23 Tests to his credit, took over as the chairman of the panel that also has S Sharath (South), Subroto Banerjee (Central) and Salil Ankola (West).

The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selector's job. The ones, who willingly do it, are not taken seriously for lack of stature, say insiders.

Remuneration has a lot to do with that and BCCI is unlikely to get a reputed name from north zone to replace Chetan Sharma unless it significantly raise the pay package.

Sharma lost his job in February following a sting operation, where he was seen discussing confidential information related to the Indian players and team selection.

The chairman of the senior selection panel earns Rs 1 crore annually while the four other members are paid Rs 90 lakh per annum.

The last time the selection panel was headed by reputed former cricketers was when former captains Dilip Vengsarkar (2006-2008) and Krishnamachari Srikkanth (2008-2012) were at the helm.

Someone like Virender Sehwag is eligible to replace Chetan Sharma from the north zone but he might not be interested becasue of the aforementioned reason. Moreover the chief selector job has also been considered as a thankless job by many.

Any change in remuneration is highly unlikely, but it would be intresting to see how BCCI move forward after inviting the applications.