Kris Srikkanth, the former captain of India and head of the selection committee, harshly criticized Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s “ridiculous” calls to the Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL and asked what “spark” he saw in the underperforming Kedar Jadhav .
Srikkanth was referring to Dhoni’s comment that the youngsters on the Chennai Super Kings team did not show the necessary spark to challenge the older ones and enter the eleven at stake.
“I will never accept what Dhoni is saying about this process,” Srikkanth told ‘Star Sports Tamil.
“This process you keep talking about doesn’t make sense. You keep talking about process, process … but the selection process itself is wrong.
“What’s Dhoni’s deal? He says that (N) Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper-batsman without cap) has no spark, but does the Jadhav ‘scooter’ have that spark? This is ridiculous. I won’t take this answer today. All this talk about the process and the Chennai tournament itself is over, “he added.
Jagadeesan has only played one game so far.
CSK are currently at the bottom of the heap and succumbed to a seven-field loss to the Rajasthan Royals here on Monday for their seventh loss in the lucrative league’s 13th edition.
Srikkanth, who was the team’s mentor and CSK brand ambassador at the inaugural IPL, also questioned Piyush Chawla’s selection.
“Dhoni now says that since there is no pressure, he will give young people a chance. Come on yaar. I don’t understand this nonsense about the process at all.
“Karn Sharma at least took grounds. Chawla just follows the bowling movements, and starts when the game is already lost. Dhoni is definitely great, but I can’t agree with him or accept this.”
Dhoni’s comments, after the game, were met with severe criticism on social media.
“It’s fair enough, this season we really weren’t there,” Dhoni said at the presentation ceremony.
“Also the youngsters, we didn’t see the spark to push the guys. But what this result has done is give those youngsters a chance in the rest of the tournament.
“Maybe in the future we will bring them in and play without pressure.”
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