My last blog in December was about Saurav Ganguly making one of the most amazing comebacks in Indian cricket. Now, after a month, I post my next blog, and it is ironical that this time it’s about Saurav Ganguly being dropped from the Indian One-Day side! Kudos to BCCI for making the beginning of the end of Dada’s ODI career.
After all the “tamasha” of the last fortnight, just when Team India had begun to bond beautifully after the Perth victory, BCCI has ensured that the camaraderie is short-lived.
I was amazed when I first came to know that Saurav Ganguly had been excluded from the ODI side. I can understand Dravid’s and Laxman’s exclusion, but how can a person who has had an average of about 66 in the last year in ODIs be dropped. It’s just a mockery of the selection process.
BCCI says Dada was dropped because he is “not the best of fielder” in the team. Then what’s BCCI’s yardstick for keeping Sachin Tendulkar in the team? Does he get younger with every match he plays or is he one of the best fielders in the team? Sachin is a great batsman, no doubt, but by no means is he a great fielder. He is not anymore athletic than Dravid or Ganguly.
BCCI is nothing but a set of morons. It’s a sham.
I’ve always maintained that Indian selectors are a bunch of jokers. However, what I admire about them is they keep proving this fact time and again. That’s one thing consistent in Indian cricket.
Cheers once again to the (B)oard of (C)ontrol for (C)ircus in (I)ndia.
