Sanjay Madansingh Jagdale (born September 22, 1950 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is a former Indian cricketer and a former member of the Selection Committee. 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 in Indian domestic cricket.[1]
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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 - an ex Indian Test cricketer considers Sanjay Jagdale as his mentor and guru[2] and as part of the junior selection committee in the early 1990s, he spotted talents like VVS Laxman, Murali Karthik, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Sridharan Sriram,naman ojha and Vipin Acharya..[1]
Sanjay served on the Senior selection committee (representing Central Zone) on various occasions:
In January 2007, Sanjay Jagdale was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager for India's campaign in the ICC2007 Cricket World Cup.[9] He had earlier been India's manager during the 2005 tour to Sri Lanka[10]
On 19th august 2011 he is appointed as the new secretary of BCCI.
Controversy: In November 2003, Abhijit Kale 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 and Pranab Roy.[11] Abhijit Kale was suspended immediately[12] from playing international or domestic cricket and was subject to an inquiry commission (November 2003) and disciplinary committee hearing in May 2004.[13] The commission headed by D.V. Subba Rao heard the testimony of Kale and Sanjay Jagdale who testified for the selection committee[14] 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.[15] On June 2, 2004, Abhijit Kale was banned from playing on domestic circuit December 31, 2004.[16]