Former India Test batsman Pravin Amre, who was Mumbai’s head coach when Padmakar Shivalkar was the chairman of the senior selection committee, believes the city’s cricket ecosystem has lost a visionary selector with the passing of the legendary left-arm spinner at his home on Monday.

“When I was the Mumbai Ranji team’s head coach [2007-08, 2008-09] and Paddy sir was the chairman of the selectors, we tried to build a good team. His vision was always to tap players of the next level and back those players throughout,” Amre told mid-day on Monday.