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 - 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, Sridharan Sriram,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 (2000 and 2001), Brijesh Patel (2002), Syed Kirmani (2003)
- November 2005 to present: Member, Selection Committee under Kiran More (2005), Dilip Vengsarkar (2006 -).
In January 2007, Sanjay Jagdale was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager for India's campaign in the ICC2007 Cricket World Cup. He had earlier been India's manager during the 2005 tour to Sri Lanka
On 19 August 2011 he is appointed as the new secretary of BCCI.
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