Will BCCI increase national selectors' remuneration to attract big names?

Why have the big names in Indian cricket opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selectors jobRemuneration 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 packageSharma lost his job in February following a sting operation where he was seen discussing confidential information related to the Indian players and team selectionFormer India opener Shiv Sunder Das who has 23 Tests to his credit then replaced Sharma as chairman of the panel that also has S Sharath South Subroto Banerjee Central and Salil Ankola WestThe chairman of the senior selection panel earns Rs 1 crore annually while the four other members are paid Rs 90 lakh per annumThe last time the selection panel was headed by reputed former cricketers was when former captains Dilip Vengsarkar 20062008 and Krishnamachari Srikkanth 20082012 were at the helmVengsarkars job was honorary and it was only after Srikkanth took over that BCCI began to pay its selectorsMohinder Amarnath also became a part of the panel while Sandeep Patil also headed the committee laterAmarnaths position became untenable after developing difference of opinion with then BCCI President N Srinivasan on MS Dhonis future as captain after Indian teams twin debacle in England and AustraliaAlso Read ODI World Cup 2023 BCCI set to form Working Group calls Special General Meeting to discuss 5point agendaAs of today there is only one big name eligible for selectors job from North Zone and that is legendary Virender SehwagThe former opener though will think about the job only if BCCI approaches him with a decent pay packageDuring CoAs time Viru was asked to apply for head coachs job and then it went to Anil Kumble It is unlikely he will apply himself and also the pay package isnt something that will be financially viable for someone of his stature a BCCI official privy to developments told PTI on conditions of anonymityBut if we talk about stature only he makes the cut from North ZoneFormer cricketers with notable international achievements are either associated with broadcast channels or with IPL teams as expertsA few are involved in running academies while others write syndicated columns and also do a lot of sponsored work all of which cumulatively helps them earn much more compared to BCCIs annual packageIt is not that BCCI cant pay a chairman of selectors at least Rs 45 crore It can actually solve a lot of these conflict of interest issues which prevent prominent players from even thinking of coming into selection committee the source reasonedSome of the other North Zone stalwarts are Gautam Gambhir Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh but the trio havent yet fulfilled the criteria of fiveyear retirement period unless BCCI relaxes it and makes it five years since last international gameIts often mentioned in Indian cricket circle that a chairman of selectors without a certain pedigree finds it difficult to stand his ground when a Virat Kohli Ravi Shastri or a Rahul Dravid is sitting across the table during selection meetingsWhen Dilip bhai was chairman he had to make a choice between S Badrinath and Virat Kohli He saw a few India A games in Australia and he knew whom to back Rest is history He could stand his ground in front of Greg Chappell before that the veteran official recollectedIn case BCCI doesnt get a big name from North Zone then former stumper Ajay Ratra is an option He was one of the candidates interviewed by Cricket Advisory Committee CAC comprising Ashok Malhotra Sulakshana Naik and Jatin Paranjape when Chetan Sharma got reappointedWith PTI inputs