Former Chief selector breaks silence, says Ganguly will get his answer after the series
Horoscope Today
Opinion Poll
Reacting to the Sourav Ganguly’s recent out burst against former selection committee, the Former Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar said on Friday that he would answer Ganguly after the on going Gavaskar-Border Test series.
"I won't answer him now as this is not the right time because India are in the middle of a Test series (against Australia) and it might affect the focus of the team," said PTI quoting Vengsarkar said.
"But I will definitely answer him after the series is over. He will get more than what he has asked for," he added.
It may be noted that Ganguly who had announce retirement on Tuesday hit out at selectors for the way he had been treated and said he decided to retire to save himself the humiliation of being treated as the "sacrificial goat" all the time.
In an interview to a Bengali daily the former India Captain, Ganguly said "I am not willing to play at their (selectors') mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept".
Vengsarkar also said the BCCI would look into the matter and find out what Ganguly had told the Bengali daily.
"All I had said yesterday (to a TV channel) is that if he had said anything (on selection), the BCCI will look into it," he said.
He also said "that BCCI should take some strict action against this as such statements are needless and can affect the morale and spirit of the whole squad", PTI quotes.
