Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that the chief selector’s pay should be on par with the top coach if the Board of Management for Cricket in India needs massive names to take up the put up.

In line with studies, the chief selector of the senior males’s workforce is at present paid ₹1 crore every year, whereas the opposite members of the choice committee get ₹90 lakh. In the meantime, present head coach Rahul Dravid is claimed to be drawing a pay of over ₹7 crore.

In an Concept Change session of The Indian Specific, Harbhajan Singh shared his ideas on why the chief selector’s function shouldn’t be thought of profitable sufficient by outstanding former cricketers within the nation. Giving the instance of Virender Sehwag, he stated:

“A person with stature, one which has performed the sport very often, will remedy a variety of points on the selector stage. However why wouldn’t they take up the chance? I’ll give the instance of Virender Sehwag. In case you ask Virender Sehwag to grow to be the chief selector, then the wage of that put up must be analysed. I don’t understand how a lot the chief selector in India earns, but when Sehwag is in commentary or in different companies round cricket, then it’s seemingly he’s incomes extra money.”

He continued:

“If you’d like Sehwag, a participant with stature, for the chief selector’s job, then spending cash must be key. In case you don’t spend cash, then you’ll have to select selectors from gamers who might have solely performed a 12 months and may not be that massive a reputation. If a person like Rahul Dravid is made the coach, then the chief selector will need to have the identical stature as properly – jiski awaaz mein dum ho, jiske wajood mein dum ho (whose voice and stature carry weight).”

The Indian senior males’s workforce is at present with out a chief selector. Former pacer Chetan Sharma resigned from the put up following a sting operation during which he made some extremely explosive claims.

“If coach and selector are equally paid, then why not?” – Harbhajan Singh on taking over chief selector’s put up

Requested if he can be open to taking over the put up of chief selector if it was provided to him, the previous cricketer stated that it could rely on pay. Harbhajan Singh stated:

“Let’s see. If issues form up shifting ahead, and coach and selector are equally paid, then why not? The job of the coach is to stick with the workforce and plan across the workforce. However workforce choice can also be an equally essential job. It’s important to decide and choose one of the best gamers, and in the event you don’t choose gamers which are wanted by the coach or captain, then the chief selector’s place doesn’t have worth.”

Harbhajan Singh performed 103 Checks, 236 ODIs and 28 T20Is from 1998 to 2016.