^ 90-95% of players in any team usually select themselves.
So each of these 5 selectors are getting 25 Lakhs/Yr each to collectively select just 2 or 3 players.
I am all for paying these selectors some allowances for the job they do....but 25 Lakhs for choosing players who even I and dhobi_bhai bhai can select just by following Cricket on Cricinfo....is a bit too much.
It would have been much better if that kind of money was infused into improving the Cricket infrastructure in the country. For a country as crazy about Cricket as India...it is sad that 90% of our International venues are below par.
I am all for it if they are accountable to the nation. That is if they keep their zonal affiliation away and pick players on performance.