India’s newly-appointed national selectors, the first set to be paid by the BCCI, will be on a four-year contract which will be reviewed annually, according to Shashank Manohar, the board’s new president. Manohar was confirmed as Sharad Pawar’s successor at the annual general meeting in Mumbai, while Kris Srikkanth was appointed the new chairman of [...]
In a move towards professionalism, the selection committee in Indian cricket will undergo several changes. The most important step will be to scrap the existing honorary set-up, and pay each selector Rs 25 lakh per annum. The working committee also proposed that a former player should have retired from international cricket at least ten years [...]