Mumbai selector Shishir Hattangadi insists he quits on principles

Updated on: 13 August,2009 07:05 AM IST |
Amol Karhadkar |

Former Mumbai skipper Shishir Hattangadi, who quit as senior selector of the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday, has clarified his stance on the issue.

Former Mumbai skipper Shishir Hattangadi, who quit as senior selector of the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday, has clarified his stance on the issue.

Reacting to a report in these columns that he was miffed at the inclusion of veterans Amol Muzumdar and Vinayak Samant for Buchi Babu tournament in Chennai after the committee decided to stick to send an

inexperienced team, Hattangadi cleared the air through an email message to this paper. "The issue was not about veterans or individual names but a policy to look at young talent in order to create bench strength on the recommendation of the coach. So my being miffed has solely to do with a violation of the 'policy' and nothing to do with any individual player," he said yesterday.

An MCA insider had told MiD DAY that Hattangadi had aspirations of being chairman of selectors. This did not go down well with the former Mumbai captain. "From what I understand, my aspirations (as reported by you) and not being informed about team changes are two different issues," he shot back.

Yesterday, Waingankar confirmed that he received Hattangadi's resignation on Tuesday. "I have received it and will forward it to the Cricket Improvement Committee chairman Sunil Gavaskar whenever the CIC meets. The CIC will decide the future course of action," he said. Gavaskar took over as CIC head from Madhav Apte.

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