Selectors are truly a bunch of jokers
It seems that BCCI has got a lot of bonhomie for the well being of the indian media, as they never fail short of providing a new controversy for them to feed on every now and then. look from whatever angle, the entire handling of Saurav issue goes only to show the complete incompetence of the selection committee. they drop Zaheer Khan, who is performing way better than Ajit Agarkar, by replacing him with, who, Saurav Ganguly! we are not supposed to laugh at it. now that Saurav is dropped, where is Zaheer Khan? what is the logic behind replacing Zaheer Khan, the bowler, with Saurav Ganguly, the 'allrounder' and then replacing Saurav Ganguly, the middle order batsman, with Wasim Jaffer, the opening batsman, when we already have two opening batsmen in Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag?
Kiran More says that Saurav was dropped because the selectors want to 'look ahead.' what changed their approach in a span of a week or two? why weren't they 'looking ahead' when selecting Saurav for the first two tests? unfortunately, atleast saurav's performance in the second Test didn't give them too many reasons to think differently. only politics did.
what the selectors should have done is:
none of these was done, and the selection committee has once again managed to come up with one of the worst ways to handle the issue by sacking Saurav from the Indian Test team in the way a kid is sacked from the school team. when you decide that there is no place for a senior player in the team, one who has done so much for the team, you execute it in a dignified manner. it was the same case with Anil Kumble(for ODIs), nothing has changed for Saurav Gagnuly. there are no two opinions on this occassion: Saurav deserved much better.
Kiran More says that Saurav was dropped because the selectors want to 'look ahead.' what changed their approach in a span of a week or two? why weren't they 'looking ahead' when selecting Saurav for the first two tests? unfortunately, atleast saurav's performance in the second Test didn't give them too many reasons to think differently. only politics did.
what the selectors should have done is:
- Do not select Saurav Ganguly for the first Test. No controversies whatsoever.
- Make it clear to Saurav that only a double century or something like that will allow him to retain his place in the team. Or just tell him that the second Test against the Sri Lanka is going to be his last, whatever his performance in it. He deserved a standing ovation in his last Test, especially after a decent performance in a low scoring match.
- Pick him in the third test a final time and tell him that it would be his last Test.
none of these was done, and the selection committee has once again managed to come up with one of the worst ways to handle the issue by sacking Saurav from the Indian Test team in the way a kid is sacked from the school team. when you decide that there is no place for a senior player in the team, one who has done so much for the team, you execute it in a dignified manner. it was the same case with Anil Kumble(for ODIs), nothing has changed for Saurav Gagnuly. there are no two opinions on this occassion: Saurav deserved much better.
posted by sami at 12/15/2005 01:35:00 PM
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