Former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had “no business” to comment “on behalf of the selection committee”. Vengsarkar referred to Ganguly’s comments after BCCI decided earlier this month to appoint Rohit Sharma as India’s full-time white ball skipper, replacing Virat Kohli. The former right-handed batter said that matters relating to roster or captaincy should always be left to the selectors.
“The point is, Ganguly had nothing to say on behalf of the selection committee. Ganguly is the chairman of BCCI. Any question about selection or captaincy, it is the chairman of the selection committee who has to speak,” Vengsarkar told Khaleej Times.
Ganguly had said it was a collective decision by the BCCI and the selectors to appoint Rohit as India’s full-time ODI and T20I captain.
“It is an appeal that the BCCI and the selectors have made together. Actually, the BCCI had requested Virat not to resign as the T20I skipper, but he clearly did not agree. And the selectors did not think it was right at the time to have two different captains “For two white-ball formats. So it was decided that Virat will continue as Test captain and Rohit will take over as White-ball captain. As president, I have personally spoken to Virat Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him.” Ganguly had told the ANI.
Kohli shared his side of the story at the pre-departure press conference, adding that he was briefed about the ODI captain’s captain just an hour and a half before the test team’s selection meeting for the South Africa tour.
Vengsarkar said it was “not at all Ganguly’s jurisdiction” to voice his opinion on the matter.
‘Ganguly talked about the whole matter, of course Virat wanted to make his case clear. I think it should have been between the chairman of the selection committee and the captain. A captain is selected or removed by the selection committee, that is not Ganguly’s jurisdiction at all,” he said.
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The former head of selectors said the situation should have been better handled by the board.
“It’s always been like this from 1932 (when the first Indian team was selected. Once we saw four captains in five friendlies. But then things have to change now. Kohli, you have to respect him, he’s done so much for the country, so much for Indian cricket. But how they handled him, it must have hurt him for sure,” he said.
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