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.