Former India cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar said BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had “no job” to comment on “on the part of the selection committee”. Vengsarkar was referring to Ganguly’s comments after the BCCI’s decision to appoint Rohit Sharma as full time white ball captain of India Will replace Virat Kohli earlier this month. The former right-handed batsman said matters related to selection or captaincy should always be left to the selectors.
“The thing is, Ganguly had no job to speak on behalf of the selection committee. Ganguly is the President of BCCI. Any issue regarding selection or captaincy, it should be spoken by the chairman of the selection committee,” Vengsarkar said Khaleej Times,
Ganguly had said That 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 a call that the BCCI and the selectors took together. Actually, the BCCI did not request Virat to step down as T20I captain, but apparently, he did not agree. And the selectors then took two separate steps. It didn’t feel right to have captains. For two formats of the white ball. So it was decided that Virat will continue as the Test captain and Rohit will take over as the captain of the white ball. I personally have Virat as the President. Spoke to Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him.” Ganguly told ANI.
During the pre-departure press conference, Kohli shared his side of the story and said that he was barely informed about the ODI captaincy half an hour ago Test team selection meeting for South Africa tour
Vengsarkar said it was “not at all the jurisdiction of Ganguly” to express his views on the matter.
“Ganguly talked about the whole thing, obviously Virat wanted to clarify his case. I believe it should have been between the chairman and the captain of the selection committee. Whether a captain is selected or removed by the selection committee, it is not Ganguly’s jurisdiction,” he said.
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Former selectors said that the board should have handled the situation better.
“It has always been true since 1932 (when the first Indian team was selected. Once we saw four captains in five Test matches. But yes, things should change now. Kohli, you have to respect him, he did a lot.) A lot for the country, for Indian cricket. But how they treated him would definitely have hurt him,” he said.
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