Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar believes BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is “undermining the credentials” of both the national selectors and IPL President Brijesh Patel “by sticking his neck out” and speaking in his Name.
Vengsarkar, who was president of national teams from 2006 to 2008, said he was beginning to lose faith in Ganguly as president. “When the dates and venues of the IPL were discussed and organized, he spoke on behalf of the IPL president. Unfortunately, time and again he is putting his neck on behalf of those who are capable of making decisions and explaining them on their own. . Are you undermining your credentials? Or do you feel like you know more than everyone else? “
He said he wondered why Ganguly, who was elected BCCI president in October 2019, was talking about team selections and player fitness issues, which ideally should be addressed by national selectors. Former left-armed Indian player Sunil Joshi is the current head of the selection committee and chaired their first meeting in October while selecting teams for the Australia tour. Joshi has not yet commented on the teams.
“It’s quite amazing to see Ganguly wearing so many hats as he speaks on behalf of the supposedly appointed chairman of selectors, Sunil Joshi, about why ‘X’ was removed and ‘Y’ was not selected and why ‘Z’ was not considered, furthermore that someone is still out of shape, “Vengsarkar told the Times of India Monday.
Vengsarkar has also questioned the “discrepancy” in medical reports on India’s high-ranking hitter Rohit Sharma. Sharma was not named to any of the three teams for the Australian tour due to a hamstring injury, but an announcement from BCCI on Monday said he would be resting during the limited leg of the tour and included in the test team. . He currently leads the Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
Last week, Ganguly had told PTI that Sharma had suffered a torn hamstring that could “break off again” if he played too early. As a precautionary measure, the BCCI declined to nominate him for the Australian tour. Ganguly also said at the time that Sharma would travel to Australia if he “recovers.”
Vengsarkar spoke on the subject that Sharma played in the IPL with an injury and was also not selected for the Australian tour for those reasons. “Rohit [is] Surprisingly he fell from the Indian team for the tour because the BCCI physio ruled him out due to a hamstring injury. Now, the question is: How did the Mumbai Indians physio declare Rohit fit to play in the IPL? Why is there a discrepancy in the reports of two physios?
“I really don’t know who makes the decisions when selecting the team. Is it the BCCI officials or the selectors?”
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