Its not surprising to see our Indian cricket team amidst all kinds of controversies before leaving for a major tournament. This time also, as the team gears up for the World cup,the situation is not much different.The matter which caused all the fuss is regarding the selection of Sehwag for the world cup squad.It all happened in a CNN-IBN show called The Devils Advocated hosted by non other than Karan Thapar ,during his interview with Dilip Vengsarkar.
Vengsarkar on being asked why Sehwag was selected commented that his inclusion was solely because of the insistence of the Indian captain Rahul Dravid ,otherwise he would have never made it to the World cup squad.This raises serious concerns over the efficiency of the selection team and also the reveals enormous powers the captain has when it comes to team selection . When the committee sits down to decide a squad,each and every team member should be selected based on a consensus between the members of the board.Faith or favoritism towards certain players should never be part of the selection criteria ,but it seems thats clearly not the case with the BCCI board.
Vengsarkar later justified the decision by saying that he will always back the captain because he himself had faced a situation,while he was playing for the country,where he could not get the squad he asked for.So he doesnt want the same thing to happen with Rahul Dravid.
The comment seams ridiculous especially taking into consideration the poor form of Sehwag,who failed to cross 20 in 11 of his last 13 innings.Also Dravid's comment that Sehwag has done well in the past doesnt prove any point.How can you pick a player for a series like the world cup based on how he performed 2 yrs back?
With less than a week for the world cup to start,lets hope that Sehwag lives up to his expectations and does perform well and lets also hope that officials of the BCCI do not make any unnecessary comments and cause tensions within the team.
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