5 great international cricketers who went on to become selectors

#2 Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Vengsarkar was the chairman of selectors only for 2 years.

Vengsarkar was one of the most elegant players of his era. He bailed India out of trouble on numerous occasions, especially in Test cricket.

The Maharashtra batsman has scored 6868 runs in 116 games in Test cricket at an average of 41.37. He also struck 17 Test hundreds.

In 2002, Vengsarkar was made the Chairman of the Talent Resource Development Wing (TRDW).

But in March 2006, he was named the chairman of selectors of the national team. India did miserably in the 2007 World Cup, but he continued at the helm.

India won the inaugural T20 World Cup when Vengsarkar was the chairman of selectors and also won their first-ever tri-series in Australia (in 2008).

Just before that series, Vengsarkar took a few bold calls when he dropped senior players from the ODI team. His term came to an end in September 2008.