Their decisions are more closely scrutinised than the PM’s cabinet picks. Kiran More, former Chairman of India’s cricket selection committee, gives us a peek behind the scenes.
How strong is the pressure to prop the region from which the selector comes?
A lot. People from various associations call up and ask why their players have not been chosen; there is emotional pressure as you are the representative of a particular Zone. But your loyalty has to be for the Indian cricket team.
(This story appears in the 22 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)