ESPN Star Sports launches 'Super Selector'

CHENNAI, SEPT. 20. ESPN Star Sports will launch Super Selector, which it calls `an integrated, interactive and innovative cricket game show' on September 21.

In the Super Selector, every `real life' player is rated in points, according to his past performance, and what the immediate future could hold for him.

The contestant picking a team of five batsmen, four bowlers, an all-rounder and a wicket-keeper, should not exceed 1,000 points in the total value of the eleven.

All these players accrue points - One (every run), 25 (each wicket), five (catch), five (stumping), five (run-out effected) - according to their displays in the ODIs and Tests they figure in during the month. And the points add up to give the individual's Super Selector team score.

There's a big prize in the offing for the October winner - an all-expenses-paid trip to South Africa to watch the Indian team in action, and joining the expert panel in the commentary box.

The show will be hosted by acclaimed actor Naseeruddin Shah, and the preview and review shows of the programme will feature well- known former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Geoffrey Boycott, and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The inaugural show will also star ex-cricketers Martin Crowe, Maninder Singh and Pat Symcox, apart from the BCCI Secretary, Mr. Jayawant Lele. The guests from the celebrity world include, Aamir Khan, Cyrus Broacha and Malaika Arora.

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