Sanjay Jagdale
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Sanjay Madansingh Jagdale (born September 22, 1950 in Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

) is a former Indian cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er and a former member of the Selection Committee
Indian national cricket selectors
Indian National Cricket Selectors is a committee of cricket administrators whose responsibility is the selection of cricket team to represent India at various levels...

. He is the son of former Indian national team selector Madhavsinh Madhavrao Jagdale(Born:25th April 1914, Baroda, Gujarat, India
Died:13th January 1990, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India). Sanjay and Madhavsinh Jagdale represent the only father-son pair Indian cricket selectors never to represent India in International Cricket. Sanjay represented Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh cricket team
The Madhya Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is in the Plate and in elite Group of the Ranji Trophy....

 in Indian domestic cricket.

National selector

After retiring from domestic cricket in 1983, Sanjay Jagdale returned to the game as a cricket administrator. Although a cricketer with moderate record, Sanjay Jagdale excelled in identifying talent. Narendra Hirwani
Narendra Hirwani
Narendra Deepchand Hirwani is a leg spin bowler who played for India. He is mainly remembered for his outstanding success on his Test debut.-Early days:...

 - an ex Indian Test cricketer considers Sanjay Jagdale as his mentor and guru and as part of the junior selection committee in the early 1990s, he spotted talents like VVS Laxman, Murali Karthik, Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar is an Indian cricketer and the son of former Indian cricketer Hemant Kanitkar. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler....

, Sridharan Sriram
Sridharan Sriram
Sridharan Sriram is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Currently, he plays in the Indian Premier League....

,naman ojha and Vipin Acharya..

Sanjay served on the Senior selection committee (representing Central Zone) on various occasions:
  • October 2000 - September 2004: Member, Selection Committee under Chandu Borde
    Chandu Borde
    Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde born 21 July 1934 in Poona In Marathi Christian Family, is a ex-cricketer who was a member of the Indian team between 1958 and 1970. Following his retirement, Borde became a cricket administrator, serving as the Chairman of national selectors...

     (2000 and 2001), Brijesh Patel
    Brijesh Patel
    Brijesh Patel grew up in Bangalore is an Indian cricketer who played for the Indian national cricket team as a right-handed batsman from 1974 until 1979....

     (2002), Syed Kirmani
    Syed Kirmani
    Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...

     (2003)
  • November 2005 to present: Member, Selection Committee under Kiran More
    Kiran More
    Kiran Shankar Murat More was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He was the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI till Dilip Vengsarkar took over the job in 2006. He is presently working with Indian Cricket League.-Early career:More played for the India...

     (2005), Dilip Vengsarkar
    Dilip Vengsarkar
    Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar is an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. He was one of the most stylish batsmen of his time, known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. He was also known by the nickname 'Colonel'....

     (2006 -).


In January 2007, Sanjay Jagdale was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager for India's campaign in the ICC
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

2007 Cricket World Cup
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

. He had earlier been India's manager during the 2005 tour to Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan cricket team
The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...



On 19th august 2011 he is appointed as the new secretary of BCCI.

Kale's Bribery Charges

Controversy: In November 2003, Abhijit Kale
Abhijit Kale
Abhijit Vasant Kale is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. .-Career:Kale began his career in 1992 for the Indian Under-19s against New Zealand...

 who represented India in a single ODI match was accused by the then BCCI's joint secretary Prof Ratnakar Shetty of attempting to bribe 2 members of the selection committee - Kiran More
Kiran More
Kiran Shankar Murat More was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket team from 1984 to 1993. He was the Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI till Dilip Vengsarkar took over the job in 2006. He is presently working with Indian Cricket League.-Early career:More played for the India...

 and Pranab Roy
Pranab Roy
Pranab Roy is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1982.Roy's father, Pankaj also played for India....

. Abhijit Kale was suspended immediately from playing international or domestic cricket and was subject to an inquiry commission (November 2003) and disciplinary committee hearing in May 2004. The commission headed by D.V. Subba Rao heard the testimony of Kale and Sanjay Jagdale who testified for the selection committee and submitted its report in December 2003. After the disciplinary hearings, Kale is believed to have sent an apology letter to the then BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya
Jagmohan Dalmiya
Jagmohan Dalmiya, born in Calcutta, India on May 30, 1940, is a well-known Indian cricket administrator. He studied at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta....

. On June 2, 2004, Abhijit Kale was banned from playing on domestic circuit December 31, 2004.

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