"Players should not be scared of selectors," Ajinkya Rahane sends strong warning to Ajit Agarkar and Co.

Ajinkya Rahane also stated that the national selectors should be players who have retired recently.

Former India cricket captain Ajinkya Rahane has advocated for major reforms to the domestic cricket selection process, proposing that selectors be limited to recently retired players.  

Rahane stressed the value of having selectors who can assist players in performing fearlessly and who comprehend the changing nature of modern cricket in a discussion with Cheteshwar Pujara on his YouTube channel.

The goal of Rahane’s plan is to update Indian cricket’s selection procedure, especially at the domestic level.  Selectors who have departed in the last five to eight years, in his opinion, would be better able to comprehend the demands of modern cricket.

‘Selectors should be players who have retired recently from top-level cricket’ – Ajinkya Rahane

Currently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) allows retired cricketers with over 10 First-Class matches of experience to become state association selectors after a five-year cooling-off period. The national selection committee has stricter requirements, including a mandatory cooling-off period.

“Players should not be scared of selectors. We should have selectors who have retired recently from playing top-flight cricket, those who retired five or six years ago, and those who retired seven or eight years ago. Because of the way cricket is evolving, I think it’s very important that the mentality and mindset of the selectors match that and keep pace with the change,” Rahane said on his YouTube channel.

“The game is evolving. We don’t want to make decisions based on how cricket was played 20-30 years ago. With formats like T20 and the IPL, it’s important to understand the style of modern cricket players. I believe selectors should, wherever possible, be individuals from all states, and players should be on the ground playing with freedom, playing fearless cricket,” Rahane added.

Rahane would want to see more national team selectors with some T20 experience and knowledge of the contemporary game, especially at the domestic level as indicated by Ajit Agarkar and the recently hired Pragyan Ojha.

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