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Indian Selectors to get paid
Source: Cricinfo
I feel this is a very good move. So far the Indian selectors weren't paid a salary. They were expected to do the job for the country without getting anything in return, which is really unfair. How could they be held accountable for the performance if they weren't paid professionals? This will make them much more responsible and should eliminate zonal bias.
The Indian cricket board has moved within one step of professionalising the national selection panel with the finance committee of the Board of Control for Cricket of India clearing a proposal to pay the national selectors, so far honorary, a match fee beginning from Pakistan's tour of India next month.
Under the proposal, which is expected to be ratified by the BCCI's working committee, each of the five selectors will receive a match fee of Rs 50,000 (US$ 1262) per Test in addition to a daily of Rs 15,000, taking their total earning from a Test to Rs 125,000 (US$ 3156). For one-day matches, the fee will be Rs 65,000 (US$ 1641). Niranjan Shah, the board secretary, told Cricinfo that the new system is likely to be implemented as early as next month.
Source: Cricinfo
I feel this is a very good move. So far the Indian selectors weren't paid a salary. They were expected to do the job for the country without getting anything in return, which is really unfair. How could they be held accountable for the performance if they weren't paid professionals? This will make them much more responsible and should eliminate zonal bias.