When Dilip Vengsarkar, India's best selector in recent years was writing columns during his selectorial stint in 2008, he was barred from expressing himself since there was a conflict in interest.
When Dilip Vengsarkar, India's best selector in recent years was writing columns during his selectorial stint in 2008, he was barred from expressing himself since there was a conflict in interest.
It was a matter of principle, which the Board based their tough stance on. How could Vengsarkar be commenting on players in a match when he is chairman of the national selection seemed to be the line coming out loud and clear from then BCCI office at Wankhede Stadium's Cricket Centre.
The Board's directive to Vengsarkar caused a row that nearly led to the former captain quitting his exalted position. There was a plus side to the controversy with chief Sharad Pawar deciding that selectors would be paid henceforth.
The same Board that had a problem with Vengsarkar writing doesn't seem to have a problem with current selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth continuing his association as ambassador to Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Srikkanth's World T20 was released to the media yesterday and the side is similar to what Vengsarkar and his men picked in 2007.
This is not to question Srikkanth's integrity. He's been a fine, successful player, captain and selector too but it reflects the double standards of the establishment. That Chennai Kings is owned by India Cements whose head honcho N Srinivasan is the BCCI secretary is another matter which the Board in the main has no problem with.
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Meanwhile, Vengsarkar will remain India's best unpaid selection committee chairman and his stint involving a Test series win in England, a World T20 triumph and one-day series wins in Australia and Sri Lanka.
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