Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar had his say
on Sunil Gavaskar's scathing remarks on the Indian national selectors
and the team's performances in the 2019 World Cup.
Manjrekar took to Twitter to share his views and decided to 'respectfully' disagree with Gavaskar's take.
"Respectfully
disagree with Gavaskar Sir with his views on Indian selectors and Virat
being retained as capt. No, India did not put in a 'much below par WC
performance', they won 7 lost two. Last one very narrowly. And integrity
a far more important quality as selector than stature," Manjrekar
tweeted.
Gavaskar
had earlier launched an attack on the selectors and bashed them for not
taking tough calls or even meeting to decide on Kohli's captaincy.
"Speaking
of lame ducks, the Indian selection committee appears to be one. After
the reappointment, he (captain) gets invited to the meeting for his
views on selecting the players for the team. By bypassing the procedure,
the message that goes out is that while the players like Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik
get dropped after below expectation performance, the captain continues
despite much below par expectations where the team did not even reach
the finals," Gavaskar said.
"That they selected the team for West
Indies without first having a meeting to select the captain brings up
the question of whether Virat Kohli is the captain of the team at his or the selection committee's pleasure," Gavaskar had written in his column for Mid-Day.
"To
the best of our knowledge his (Kohli's) appointment was till the World
Cup. After that, it was incumbent on the selectors to meet even if it
was for five minutes for his reappointment," he added.
On the
contrary, Team India coach and Gavaskar's once teammate Ravi Shastri,
said on Monday before departing for the West Indies that the team has
done a tremendous job over the last couple of years and it shouldn't be
taken away from them.
Source: https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket-sanjay-manjrekar-disagrees-with-sunil-gavaskar-s-take-on-virat-kohli-national-selectors-539117
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