BCCI Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hain?

Now it’s Vengsarkar’s turn to be on the BCCI’s gunpoint. BCCI is disturbed at his earlier press remarks over the inclusion of the man-in-form Veerendra Sehwag for the world cup squad. Some top brass of BCCI is unhappy with Dilip Vengsarkar. I wonder why this top brass or for that matter BCCI is not unhappy with Sehwag’s performance. Why BCCI always gets unhappy at the wrong things? BCCI is telling that it’s unhappy because Vengsarkar’s statements would invoke controversy before the world cup. But BCCI’s reactions are the ones which are creating the controversy. Why BCCI is so secretive about its selection procedure in the first place? The selection procedure has to be as transparent as possible. The best performing player should always get selected. Since the performance of the players is witnessed by the public, there is no need of secrecy in selection as long as the player’s performance is the only barometer for selection. It doesn’t seem to be so. BCCI knows deep in heart that its selection procedure is not straightforward. Everybody knows that Sehwag’s bad performance has become frighteningly consistent and he didn’t deserve a place in the team at all. And now BCCI is disturbed at Vengsarkar for acknowledging the public knowledge.

But I must appreciate Sehwag's ability at impressing the captains despite his poor performance. Even though he's not batting, he makes the captains bat for his selection. Rahul Dravid is a man for whom stroke playing or hard hitting is a mammoth task. So it is obvious that he gets immediately impressed at the people who can hit the ball hard, even though it is in the long past!!

-Chandru Kanakalmath