The recent changes at the BCCI top brass is a welcome move. To be more specific, I like the changes with the New Selection Committee. Not that I don't like Vensargar or his team, the concept of being in a honorary post is something that should been done away with a long time back.
BCCI in the world and mismanagement have been inseparable for a long time now. For starters, it's income in the year 2007-08 alone crossed Rs. 1000 Crore (~215 million USD!!). Supposedly, It is also the second richest sporting body in the world only after to Bernie Ecclestone's Formula 1. Now there, we are talking about a whole sport. Not just a team or its governing body. Any organization of this size deserves to have a good "full time" administrative team instead of honorary members who are busy with their own full time schedules.
The job of the selection committee is far more demanding that it appears on the first sight. The committee consists of the chairman and a four member team. Each of them represent a zone - East, West, South, Central and North and they are responsible for hunting for new talent from their own zone. Even assuming that they are physically present for half the Ranji trophy matches of the teams in their zone, half of Team India's Matches and meet regularly before each tournament - it is one helluva job leaving you with no time for any other activities. And then there is the pressure of facing the media who never miss your bad move.
Only when you get paid to do something, there is this commitment to deliver. Well, there is definitely passion for cricket among any of these guys who take up this job. But the initial excitement wades off after a couple of poor performances from the team that you pick. Being constantly under the scanner, sometimes more than the players themselves can be more than frustating, ain't it? Add this to the bueracracy and the petty politics within the administration.
Hope that these changes bring in more professionalization into the game and its management. I'm a bit keen on this as I have seen Srikkanth voice his opinions on a wide array of things in the media in his trademark ishtyle.
All the very best to them and Lets see what he and his team have in store...!
Cricinfo - Four-year term for India's new selection panel
BCCI in the world and mismanagement have been inseparable for a long time now. For starters, it's income in the year 2007-08 alone crossed Rs. 1000 Crore (~215 million USD!!). Supposedly, It is also the second richest sporting body in the world only after to Bernie Ecclestone's Formula 1. Now there, we are talking about a whole sport. Not just a team or its governing body. Any organization of this size deserves to have a good "full time" administrative team instead of honorary members who are busy with their own full time schedules.
The job of the selection committee is far more demanding that it appears on the first sight. The committee consists of the chairman and a four member team. Each of them represent a zone - East, West, South, Central and North and they are responsible for hunting for new talent from their own zone. Even assuming that they are physically present for half the Ranji trophy matches of the teams in their zone, half of Team India's Matches and meet regularly before each tournament - it is one helluva job leaving you with no time for any other activities. And then there is the pressure of facing the media who never miss your bad move.
Only when you get paid to do something, there is this commitment to deliver. Well, there is definitely passion for cricket among any of these guys who take up this job. But the initial excitement wades off after a couple of poor performances from the team that you pick. Being constantly under the scanner, sometimes more than the players themselves can be more than frustating, ain't it? Add this to the bueracracy and the petty politics within the administration.
Hope that these changes bring in more professionalization into the game and its management. I'm a bit keen on this as I have seen Srikkanth voice his opinions on a wide array of things in the media in his trademark ishtyle.
All the very best to them and Lets see what he and his team have in store...!
Cricinfo - Four-year term for India's new selection panel
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