5 great international cricketers who went on to become selectors

#3 Kris Srikanth

India reached No. 1 in Test cricket and ODIs when Srikanth was the chairman of selectors.

An engineer by profession, Krishnamachari Srikanth top-scored (with 38) in the 1983 World Cup final.

He was a naturally attacking opener who maintained a strike-rate more than 75 even in Test cricket. He formed a superb opening pair with the great Sunil Gavaskar.

The Tamil Nadu opener played international cricket for close to 11 years and represented India in 43 Test matches and 146 ODIs. He scored more than 6000 runs at the international arena and also struck six hundreds.

In September 2008, Srikanth was appointed as the chief selector of the Indian team. He replaced Dilip Vengsarkar and was at the helm for four years.

The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli blossomed when Srikanth was at the helm. India also won the World Cup in 2011 when the former opener was the chairman of selectors. Also, his group of selectors were the first ever paid selection panel in India.