One Final Joke

was played by DBV and his team yesterday... i.e.

Presumably knowing that it might be the last selection meeting (for him and may be his team) they have chosen probables which shows that they were just going through motions, bereft of any vision and such...

DBV in not so distant past issued stern warning to some of seniors that there are some tiwaries, badrinaths etc were waiting in wings and yet we don't find any of them amongst probables...if they are not even in top 24 players then either they are not good or...

had they showed some vision they would have selected at least both if not more giving them confidence that they are looked upon as future of indian cricket. i would go on to say that select at least one of them for the tour...coz no other tour can make them understand how tough international cricket can be and whats more needed to be there at that level...but not...

virender sehwag's omission from the probable list is also a bankruptcy of thought...they have chosen to go on easy path of selecting players with high averages...coz please don't convince me that gambhir is better test match player than sehwag...

Its very easy going ga ga when players like sehwag are on the roll...but the true sense of how we nurture our proven match winners is the hallmark of the successful system...if he gets lost in this wilderness will be a classic example of how a system killed a career and a player...fans across the world queue up to make it to ground, glued to screen coz good couple of hours of them and you can see the game turning on its head...besides if ever he deserved some support it was at this time...a gentle pack on his back, a warm arm around his shoulder...would have made him feel wanted and important...

to tackle aussies at their home you need some out of box thinking, the guts to go for gamble and vision to look for future as well....i am utterly disappointed that these probables does not reflect any of these attributes which differentiate an ordinary to a visionary selector...

but as harsha says, that if only interesting part of selection meeting is whether COS will joining it or not than you should expect only this...